US state 路 true size
Countries the size of Iowa
Iowa covers 56,185 sq mi (146,000 km虏). That is bigger than 104 of the world's 197 countries. The closest match is Suriname.
SurinameIowaSame scale, no Mercator stretch
Try any country over Iowa
Countries about Iowa's size
- Cambodia: Cambodia is 1.2 times the size of Iowa
- Uruguay: Uruguay is 1.2 times the size of Iowa
- Tunisia: Tunisia is about the same size as Iowa
- Nepal: Nepal is about the same size as Iowa
- Suriname: Suriname is about the same size as Iowa
- Tajikistan: Tajikistan is about the same size as Iowa
- Bangladesh: Bangladesh is about the same size as Iowa
- Greece: Greece is about the same size as Iowa
- Nicaragua: Nicaragua is about the same size as Iowa
- Eritrea: Iowa is 1.2 times the size of Eritrea
- North Korea: Iowa is 1.2 times the size of North Korea
- Malawi: Iowa is 1.2 times the size of Malawi
Iowa vs big-name countries
- Japan: Japan is 2.5 times the size of Iowa
- United Kingdom: United Kingdom is 1.6 times the size of Iowa
- Germany: Germany is 2.4 times the size of Iowa
- France: France is 4.4 times the size of Iowa
- Italy: Italy is 2.1 times the size of Iowa
- South Korea: Iowa is 1.5 times the size of South Korea
- Brazil: Brazil is 58 times the size of Iowa
- Russia: Russia is 116 times the size of Iowa
- Australia: Australia is 53 times the size of Iowa
- India: India is 22 times the size of Iowa
- Mexico: Mexico is 13 times the size of Iowa
- Canada: Canada is 68 times the size of Iowa
Other states
Illinois 路 1.0脳Wisconsin 路 1.0脳Michigan 路 1.0脳Florida 路 1.0脳Georgia 路 1.0脳Arkansas 路 0.9脳Alabama 路 0.9脳North Carolina 路 0.9脳
Areas come from Natural Earth borders measured on the globe (equal-area), so they can differ a little from official figures that count water differently. Crossing is the widest straight line across the main landmass.