Country size comparison
compared to
Bangladesh is around the same size as Iowa.
Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while Bangladesh is approximately 148,460 sq km, making Bangladesh 3% larger than Iowa. Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.0 million people (162.6 million more people live in Bangladesh).
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