Country size comparison

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Iowa is about 1.4 times bigger than Iceland.

Iceland is approximately 103,000 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 40% larger than Iceland. Meanwhile, the population of Iceland is ~357,603 people (2.7 million more people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iceland vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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