Country size comparison

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Jamaica is about 13 times smaller than Iowa.

Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while Jamaica is approximately 10,991 sq km, making Jamaica 7.6% the size of Iowa. Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.0 million people (227,759 fewer people live in Jamaica).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iowa vs. Jamaica uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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