Country size comparison
compared to
Iowa is about 1.4 times bigger than South Korea.
South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 45% larger than South Korea. Meanwhile, the population of South Korea is ~51.8 million people (48.8 million fewer people live in Iowa).
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