Country size comparison

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Iowa is about 14 times smaller than Mexico.

Mexico is approximately 1,964,375 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 7.37% the size of Mexico. Meanwhile, the population of Mexico is ~129.2 million people (126.1 million fewer people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Mexico vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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