Country size comparison

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Iowa is about 11 times smaller than Mongolia.

Mongolia is approximately 1,564,116 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 9.25% the size of Mongolia. Meanwhile, the population of Mongolia is ~3.2 million people (181,508 fewer people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Mongolia vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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