Country size comparison

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Zimbabwe is about 4.2 times smaller than Iran.

Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while Zimbabwe is approximately 390,757 sq km, making Zimbabwe 23.71% the size of Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~92.4 million people (75.5 million fewer people live in Zimbabwe).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iran vs. Zimbabwe uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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