Country size comparison

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Thailand is about 3.5 times bigger than Iowa.

Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while Thailand is approximately 513,120 sq km, making Thailand 255% larger than Iowa. Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.2 million people (68.4 million more people live in Thailand).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iowa vs. Thailand uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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