Country size comparison

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Iowa is around the same size as Suriname.

Suriname is approximately 163,820 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 88.33% the size of Suriname. Meanwhile, the population of Suriname is ~632,638 people (2.4 million more people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Suriname vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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