Country size comparison
compared to
Iowa is about 2.1 times smaller than Philippines.
Philippines is approximately 300,000 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 48.23% the size of Philippines. Meanwhile, the population of Philippines is ~114.6 million people (111.6 million fewer people live in Iowa).
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