Country size comparison

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Iowa is about 1.3 times bigger than Cuba.

Cuba is approximately 110,860 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 31% larger than Cuba. Meanwhile, the population of Cuba is ~11.0 million people (8.0 million fewer people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Cuba vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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