Country size comparison
compared to
British Virgin Islands is about 958 times smaller than Iowa.
Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while British Virgin Islands is approximately 151 sq km, making British Virgin Islands 0.1% the size of Iowa. Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.0 million people (3.0 million fewer people live in British Virgin Islands).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iowa vs. British Virgin Islands uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Try dragging the outline to reposition.
Compare further: British Virgin Islands vs. Iowa
Flip Comparison · See true size
See British Virgin Islands on top of Iowa
→
Quality of Life Comparison · 2 statistics
Be 13.1% more likely to have internet access in Iowa
→
Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Iowa is 8.1% more expensive than British Virgin Islands overall
→
Moving from British Virgin Islands to Iowa · Cost, visas & climate
Compare cost of living, salary and climate.
→
More size comparisons
Our free app, MapSize by MyLifeElsewhere — compare any two places, to scale on your mobile device.