Country size comparison

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Philippines is about 2.1 times bigger than Iowa.

Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while Philippines is approximately 300,000 sq km, making Philippines 107% larger than Iowa. Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.0 million people (111.6 million more people live in Philippines).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iowa vs. Philippines uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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