Country size comparison

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Iowa is about 131 times bigger than Hong Kong.

Hong Kong is approximately 1,108 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 12,960% larger than Hong Kong. Meanwhile, the population of Hong Kong is ~7.3 million people (4.2 million fewer people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Hong Kong vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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