Country size comparison
compared to
Iowa is around the same size as Bangladesh.
Bangladesh is approximately 148,460 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 97.47% the size of Bangladesh. Meanwhile, the population of Bangladesh is ~165.7 million people (162.6 million fewer people live in Iowa).
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