Country size comparison
compared to
Iowa is about 1.9 times smaller than New Zealand.
New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 53.82% the size of New Zealand. Meanwhile, the population of New Zealand is ~5.1 million people (2.0 million fewer people live in Iowa).
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