Country size comparison

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Iowa is about 3.5 times bigger than Netherlands.

Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 248% larger than Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (14.4 million fewer people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Netherlands vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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