Country size comparison

compared to

Netherlands is about 3.5 times smaller than Iowa.

Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, making Netherlands 28.71% the size of Iowa. Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.0 million people (14.4 million more people live in Netherlands).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iowa vs. Netherlands uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
Share
Compare further: Netherlands vs. Iowa
Flip Comparison · See true size
See Netherlands on top of Iowa
→
Quality of Life Comparison · 2 statistics
Be 27.6% less likely to live below the poverty line in Iowa
→
Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Iowa is 12.3% cheaper than Netherlands overall
→
City Size Comparison · See true size
Compare the size of Amsterdam vs Los Angeles
→