Country size comparison

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Iran is about 40 times bigger than Switzerland.

Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 3,893% larger than Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people (78.2 million more people live in Iran).
This to-scale comparison of Switzerland vs. Iran uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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