Country size comparison

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Iowa is about 13 times bigger than Gambia.

Gambia is approximately 11,300 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 1,181% larger than Gambia. Meanwhile, the population of Gambia is ~2.4 million people (632,952 more people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Gambia vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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