Country size comparison

compared to

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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