Iowa is about 16 times bigger than Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico is approximately 9,104 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 1,489% larger than Puerto Rico. Meanwhile, the population of Puerto Rico is ~3.1 million people (52,068 fewer people live in Iowa).
This to-scale comparison of Puerto Rico vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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