Country size comparison

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Iowa is about 1.7 times smaller than Uganda.

Uganda is approximately 241,038 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 60.03% the size of Uganda. Meanwhile, the population of Uganda is ~46.2 million people (43.2 million fewer people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Uganda vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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