Country size comparison

compared to

Iowa is about 3 times bigger than Slovakia.

Slovakia is approximately 49,035 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 195% larger than Slovakia. Meanwhile, the population of Slovakia is ~5.4 million people (2.4 million fewer people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Slovakia vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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