Iowa is about 2,412 times bigger than British Indian Ocean Territory.

British Indian Ocean Territory is approximately 60 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 241,068% larger than British Indian Ocean Territory. Meanwhile, the population of British Indian Ocean Territory is ~3,000 people (3.2 million more people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of British Indian Ocean Territory vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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