Country size comparison

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Iowa is about 15 times smaller than Greenland.

Greenland is approximately 2,166,086 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 6.68% the size of Greenland. Meanwhile, the population of Greenland is ~57,792 people (3.0 million more people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Greenland vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Greenland is 60.0% more expensive than Iowa
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