Country size comparison

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Iowa is about 5 times bigger than Albania.

Albania is approximately 28,748 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 403% larger than Albania. Meanwhile, the population of Albania is ~3.1 million people (48,989 fewer people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Albania vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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