Iowa is about 1.4 times smaller than Senegal.

Senegal is approximately 196,722 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 73.56% the size of Senegal. Meanwhile, the population of Senegal is ~17.9 million people (14.9 million fewer people live in Iowa).
This to-scale comparison of Senegal vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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