Country size comparison
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United Kingdom is about 1.7 times bigger than Iowa.
Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while United Kingdom is approximately 243,610 sq km, making United Kingdom 68% larger than Iowa. Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.0 million people (64.7 million more people live in United Kingdom).
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