Country size comparison

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Iowa is about 3.5 times smaller than Thailand.

Thailand is approximately 513,120 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 28.2% the size of Thailand. Meanwhile, the population of Thailand is ~69.6 million people (66.6 million fewer people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Thailand vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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