Country size comparison

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Iowa is about 14 times bigger than Lebanon.

Lebanon is approximately 10,400 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 1,291% larger than Lebanon. Meanwhile, the population of Lebanon is ~5.3 million people (2.3 million fewer people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Lebanon vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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