Country size comparison

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Moldova is about 4.3 times smaller than Iowa.

Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while Moldova is approximately 33,851 sq km, making Moldova 23.39% the size of Iowa. Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.0 million people (240,971 more people live in Moldova).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iowa vs. Moldova uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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