Country size comparison

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Iowa is about 4.3 times bigger than Moldova.

Moldova is approximately 33,851 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 327% larger than Moldova. Meanwhile, the population of Moldova is ~3.3 million people (240,971 fewer people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Moldova vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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