Country size comparison

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Solomon Islands is about 5 times smaller than Iowa.

Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while Solomon Islands is approximately 28,896 sq km, making Solomon Islands 19.97% the size of Iowa. Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.0 million people (2.3 million fewer people live in Solomon Islands).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iowa vs. Solomon Islands uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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