Country size comparison

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Albania is about 5 times smaller than Iowa.

Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while Albania is approximately 28,748 sq km, making Albania 19.87% the size of Iowa. Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.0 million people (48,989 more people live in Albania).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iowa vs. Albania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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