Country size comparison

compared to

Iowa is about 2.1 times bigger than Ireland.

Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 106% larger than Ireland. Meanwhile, the population of Ireland is ~5.3 million people (2.2 million fewer people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ireland vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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