Country size comparison

compared to

Iowa is about 8 times bigger than Kuwait.

Kuwait is approximately 17,818 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 712% larger than Kuwait. Meanwhile, the population of Kuwait is ~3.1 million people (21,800 fewer people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kuwait vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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