Panama is about 1.9 times smaller than Iowa.

Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while Panama is approximately 75,420 sq km, making Panama 52.12% the size of Iowa. Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.0 million people (1.3 million more people live in Panama).
This to-scale comparison of Iowa vs. Panama uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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