Country size comparison

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Iowa is about 5 times bigger than Burundi.

Burundi is approximately 27,830 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 420% larger than Burundi. Meanwhile, the population of Burundi is ~12.7 million people (9.7 million fewer people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Burundi vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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