Country size comparison

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Mexico is about 14 times bigger than Iowa.

Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while Mexico is approximately 1,964,375 sq km, making Mexico 1,258% larger than Iowa. Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.0 million people (126.1 million more people live in Mexico).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iowa vs. Mexico uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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