Iowa is about 12 times bigger than Qatar.

Qatar is approximately 11,586 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 1,149% larger than Qatar. Meanwhile, the population of Qatar is ~2.5 million people (538,173 more people live in Iowa).
This to-scale comparison of Qatar vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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