Country size comparison

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Oman is about 2.1 times bigger than Iowa.

Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while Oman is approximately 309,500 sq km, making Oman 114% larger than Iowa. Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.0 million people (717,993 more people live in Oman).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iowa vs. Oman uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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