Country size comparison

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Iowa is about 16 times smaller than Algeria.

Algeria is approximately 2,381,740 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 6.08% the size of Algeria. Meanwhile, the population of Algeria is ~44.2 million people (41.1 million fewer people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Algeria vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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