Iowa is about 2.3 times bigger than Svalbard.

Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 133% larger than Svalbard. Meanwhile, the population of Svalbard is ~2,926 people (3.0 million more people live in Iowa).
This to-scale comparison of Svalbard vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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