Country size comparison

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Paraguay is about 2.8 times bigger than Iowa.

Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while Paraguay is approximately 406,752 sq km, making Paraguay 181% larger than Iowa. Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.0 million people (4.3 million more people live in Paraguay).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iowa vs. Paraguay uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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