Country size comparison

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Iran is about 11 times bigger than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 1,045% larger than Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (73.9 million more people live in Iran).
This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. Iran uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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