Country size comparison

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Iowa is about 2.3 times smaller than Vietnam.

Vietnam is approximately 331,210 sq km, while Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, making Iowa 43.69% the size of Vietnam. Meanwhile, the population of Vietnam is ~101.6 million people (98.4 million fewer people live in Iowa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Vietnam vs. Iowa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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