Country size comparison

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Bosnia and Herzegovina is about 2.8 times smaller than Iowa.

Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while Bosnia and Herzegovina is approximately 51,197 sq km, making Bosnia and Herzegovina 35.38% the size of Iowa. Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.0 million people (770,104 more people live in Bosnia and Herzegovina).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iowa vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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