Country size comparison

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Iowa is about 3.8 times bigger than Bhutan.

Bhutan is approximately 38,394 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 277% larger than Bhutan. Meanwhile, the population of Bhutan is ~867,775 people (2.2 million more people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Bhutan vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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