Country size comparison
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Northern Mariana Islands is about 312 times smaller than Iowa.
Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while Northern Mariana Islands is approximately 464 sq km, making Northern Mariana Islands 0.32% the size of Iowa. Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.0 million people (3.0 million fewer people live in Northern Mariana Islands).
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