Country size comparison
compared to
Iran is about 16 times bigger than Virginia.
Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 1,507% larger than Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (78.8 million more people live in Iran).
This to-scale comparison of
Virginia
vs.
Iran
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