Country size comparison

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Iowa is about 1.3 times bigger than Guatemala.

Guatemala is approximately 108,889 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 33% larger than Guatemala. Meanwhile, the population of Guatemala is ~17.7 million people (14.7 million fewer people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Guatemala vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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