Country size comparison

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Iowa is about 5 times bigger than Rwanda.

Rwanda is approximately 26,338 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 449% larger than Rwanda. Meanwhile, the population of Rwanda is ~13.2 million people (10.1 million fewer people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Rwanda vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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