Country size comparison

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United States is about 68 times bigger than Iowa.

Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while United States is approximately 9,833,517 sq km, making United States 6,696% larger than Iowa. Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.0 million people (334.3 million more people live in United States).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iowa vs. United States uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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