Country size comparison

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Tunisia is around the same size as Iowa.

Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while Tunisia is approximately 163,610 sq km, making Tunisia 13% larger than Iowa. Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.0 million people (8.9 million more people live in Tunisia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iowa vs. Tunisia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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