Continent size comparison
compared to
Africa is about 210 times bigger than Iowa.
Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while Africa is approximately 30,365,000 sq km, making Africa 20,885% larger than Iowa.
This to-scale comparison of
Iowa
vs.
Africa
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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