Country size comparison

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Iowa is about 4.8 times bigger than Lesotho.

Lesotho is approximately 30,355 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 377% larger than Lesotho. Meanwhile, the population of Lesotho is ~2.2 million people (852,385 more people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Lesotho vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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