Country size comparison

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Iowa is about 1.2 times smaller than Uruguay.

Uruguay is approximately 176,215 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 82.12% the size of Uruguay. Meanwhile, the population of Uruguay is ~3.4 million people (360,858 fewer people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Uruguay vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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