Country size comparison

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Zimbabwe is about 2.7 times bigger than Iowa.

Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while Zimbabwe is approximately 390,757 sq km, making Zimbabwe 170% larger than Iowa. Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.0 million people (12.1 million more people live in Zimbabwe).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iowa vs. Zimbabwe uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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