Iran covers 1,648,195 km² on the new Equal Earth world map, 1.2% of all land on Earth. It ranks 18th of 237 countries worldwide and 6th in Asia. At 33° latitude the old Mercator map inflates area by about 1.4×, drawing it closer to 2,318,516 km², a difference of roughly 41%.
For scale, Iran is roughly the same size as Mongolia (1,564,116 km²).
You could fit 3 of Thailand inside Iran.
Iran: key figures
| True area | 1,648,195 km² |
| World rank | 18th |
| Share of world land | 1.2% |
| Rank in Asia | 6th / 52 |
| Old-map (Mercator) inflation | 1.4× |
| Apparent size on Mercator | 2,318,516 km² |
Largest countries in Asia (true area)
| Asia | |
|---|
| China | 9,596,960 km² |
| India | 3,287,263 km² |
| Kazakhstan | 2,724,910 km² |
| Saudi Arabia | 2,149,690 km² |
| Indonesia | 1,904,569 km² |
| Iran (this country) | 1,648,195 km² |