Country size comparison

compared to

Iowa is about 16 times bigger than Cyprus.

Cyprus is approximately 9,251 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 1,464% larger than Cyprus. Meanwhile, the population of Cyprus is ~1.3 million people (1.8 million more people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Cyprus vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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