Country size comparison
compared to
Democratic Republic of the Congo is about 16 times bigger than Iowa.
Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km,
while Democratic Republic of the Congo is approximately 2,344,858 sq km, making
Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,520% larger than Iowa.
Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.0 million people
(105.4 million more people live in Democratic Republic of the Congo).
This to-scale comparison of
Iowa
vs.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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