Country size comparison

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Iowa is about 4 times smaller than Botswana.

Botswana is approximately 581,730 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 24.87% the size of Botswana. Meanwhile, the population of Botswana is ~2.4 million people (662,109 more people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Botswana vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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