Iowa is about 2.6 times smaller than Japan.

Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 38.29% the size of Japan. Meanwhile, the population of Japan is ~124.2 million people (121.2 million fewer people live in Iowa).
This to-scale comparison of Japan vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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