Country size comparison

compared to

Iowa is about 4 times bigger than Taiwan.

Taiwan is approximately 35,980 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 302% larger than Taiwan. Meanwhile, the population of Taiwan is ~23.6 million people (20.5 million fewer people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Taiwan vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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