Country size comparison
compared to
Iowa is about 3.5 times bigger than Switzerland.
Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km,
while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making
Iowa 251% larger than Switzerland.
Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people
(5.5 million fewer people live in Iowa).
This to-scale comparison of
Switzerland
vs.
Iowa
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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