Country size comparison

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Iowa is about 3 times smaller than Iraq.

Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 33.01% the size of Iraq. Meanwhile, the population of Iraq is ~40.5 million people (37.4 million fewer people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iraq vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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