Country size comparison

compared to

Iowa is about 10 times bigger than Timor-Leste.

Timor-Leste is approximately 14,874 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 873% larger than Timor-Leste. Meanwhile, the population of Timor-Leste is ~1.4 million people (1.6 million more people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Timor-Leste vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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