Country size comparison

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Iowa is about 1.9 times smaller than Gabon.

Gabon is approximately 267,667 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 54.06% the size of Gabon. Meanwhile, the population of Gabon is ~2.3 million people (705,742 more people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Gabon vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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