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title: "Canada vs Iran — area, population, currency"
description: "Canada is 9,984,670 km² with 41,651,653 people; Iran is 1,648,195 km² with 92,417,681. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-iran/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Canada vs Iran

**Canada vs Iran: Canada is larger; Iran has more people**

9,984,670 km² vs 1,648,195 km² · 41,651,653 vs 92,417,681

Canada is 6.1 times larger than Iran — 9,984,670 against 1,648,195 km². Iran is 2.2 times more populous than Canada — 92,417,681 against 41,651,653 people.

## Side by side

|  | Canada | Iran |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Ottawa | Tehran |
| Area | 9,984,670 km² | 1,648,195 km² |
| Population | 41,651,653 (2025) | 92,417,681 (2025) |
| Density | 4.2 /km² | 56.1 /km² |
| Currency | Canadian dollar (CAD) | Iranian rial (IRR) |
| Official languages | English, French | Persian |
| Time zones | UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 | UTC+03:30 |
| Calling code | +1 | +98 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | North America | Asia |
| ISO codes | CA / CAN | IR / IRN |

## Population density

Iran is 13 times more densely populated than Canada — 56 against 4 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

## Practical differences

- Different currencies: the Canadian dollar and the Iranian rial.
- Canada spans 6 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — North America and Asia.

## Canada

The second-largest country in the world by total area, and the longest coastline of any — about 202,000 km, more than the rest of the world put together. Canada holds more lake area than every other country combined, and something over two million lakes. Its border with the United States is the longest between any two countries at 8,891 km.

## Iran

The Lut Desert has recorded the highest land surface temperatures ever measured from orbit, around 80 °C. Iran is largely a high plateau ringed by mountains — the Zagros and the Alborz, where Damavand reaches 5,610 m, the highest volcano in Asia. The qanat, an underground irrigation tunnel, has been used here for around 3,000 years.

> Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.

## Common questions

### Is Canada bigger than Iran?

Canada is larger — 9,984,670 km² against 1,648,195 km².

### Which has more people, Canada or Iran?

Iran, with 92,417,681 against 41,651,653.

### What is the time difference between Canada and Iran?

Canada is UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:30 and Iran is UTC+03:30. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Canada](https://atoneplace.net/country/canada/)
- [Iran](https://atoneplace.net/country/iran/)
- [India vs Iran](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-iran/)
- [China vs Iran](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-iran/)
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- [Canada vs India](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-india/)
- [Canada vs China](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-china/)
- [Canada vs United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-united-kingdom/)
- [Canada vs Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-japan/)
- [Canada vs New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-new-zealand/)
- [Canada vs France](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-france/)
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## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]