Country size comparison

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Iowa is about 7 times bigger than Israel.

Israel is approximately 21,937 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 560% larger than Israel. Meanwhile, the population of Israel is ~10.1 million people (6.9 million fewer people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Israel vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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