Country size comparison

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Republic of the Congo is about 2.4 times bigger than Iowa.

Iowa is approximately 144,701 sq km, while Republic of the Congo is approximately 342,000 sq km, making Republic of the Congo 136% larger than Iowa. Meanwhile, the population of Iowa is ~3.0 million people (2.5 million more people live in Republic of the Congo).
This to-scale comparison of Iowa vs. Republic of the Congo uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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