Iowa is about 2.3 times smaller than Finland.

Finland is approximately 338,145 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 42.79% the size of Finland. Meanwhile, the population of Finland is ~5.6 million people (2.6 million fewer people live in Iowa).
This to-scale comparison of Finland vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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