Country size comparison

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Zambia is about 5 times bigger than Iowa.

Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, making Zambia 420% larger than Iowa. Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.0 million people (16.6 million more people live in Zambia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iowa vs. Zambia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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