Country size comparison
compared to
Iowa is about 1.7 times smaller than United Kingdom.
United Kingdom is approximately 243,610 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 59.4% the size of United Kingdom. Meanwhile, the population of United Kingdom is ~67.8 million people (64.7 million fewer people live in Iowa).
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