Country size comparison

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Iowa is about 2.6 times bigger than Croatia.

Croatia is approximately 56,594 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 156% larger than Croatia. Meanwhile, the population of Croatia is ~4.2 million people (1.1 million fewer people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Croatia vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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