Country size comparison

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Namibia is about 6 times bigger than Iowa.

Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while Namibia is approximately 824,292 sq km, making Namibia 470% larger than Iowa. Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.0 million people (318,946 fewer people live in Namibia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iowa vs. Namibia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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