Country size comparison

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Uruguay is about 1.2 times bigger than Iowa.

Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while Uruguay is approximately 176,215 sq km, making Uruguay 22% larger than Iowa. Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.0 million people (360,858 more people live in Uruguay).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iowa vs. Uruguay uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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