Country size comparison

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Iowa is about 8 times bigger than Swaziland.

Swaziland is approximately 17,364 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 733% larger than Swaziland. Meanwhile, the population of Swaziland is ~1.1 million people (1.9 million more people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Swaziland vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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