Country size comparison

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Iowa is about 458 times bigger than Malta.

Malta is approximately 316 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 45,691% larger than Malta. Meanwhile, the population of Malta is ~464,186 people (2.6 million more people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malta vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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