Saudi Arabia vs Iran: which is bigger?
Saudi Arabia is bigger: 2,149,690 km² against 1,648,195 km², about 1.3 times the size of Iran.
Drop Saudi Arabia onto Iran →Side by side at true size
Both drawn at the same scale on an equal-area projection.
And on the usual world map
On the usual world map Saudi Arabia looks 1.11 times bigger, not 1.3: the map inflates Saudi Arabia about 1.21 times and Iran 1.42 times.
In numbers
- Saudi Arabia: 2,149,690 km² (830,000 sq mi), 13th largest, around 24°N
- Iran: 1,648,195 km² (636,000 sq mi), 18th largest, around 33°N
- Iran would fit into Saudi Arabia about 1.3 times.
Areas: official totals including inland water (UN Statistics Division via Wikidata). Outlines: Natural Earth. How Globegami works