Country size comparison

compared to

Iowa is about 1.2 times bigger than Eritrea.

Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 23% larger than Eritrea. Meanwhile, the population of Eritrea is ~6.2 million people (3.2 million fewer people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Eritrea vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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