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).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Switzerland vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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