Country size comparison

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Ecuador is about 2 times bigger than Iowa.

Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while Ecuador is approximately 283,561 sq km, making Ecuador 96% larger than Iowa. Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.0 million people (14.2 million more people live in Ecuador).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iowa vs. Ecuador uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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