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Iowa vs India Geography
Land area
- Iowa has a land area of 55,854 square miles (144,660 km²), while India has 1,147,956 square miles (2,973,193 km²).
- India's land area is 20.6 times larger than Iowa's.
Total area
- Iowa: 56,273 square miles (145,746 km²) vs India: 1,269,219 square miles (3,287,263 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- India's total area is 22.6 times larger than Iowa's.
Length
- Iowa is 216 miles (347 km) long from north to south; India is 1,894 miles (3,049 km).
- India's north-south length is 8.8 times (777%) longer than Iowa's.
Width
- Iowa spans 335 miles (539 km) east to west; India spans 1,831 miles (2,947 km).
- India's east-west width is 5.5 times (447%) wider than Iowa's.
Highest point
- Iowa's highest point is Hawkeye Point at 1,669 feet (509 m); India's is Kangchenjunga at 28,169 feet (8,586 m).
- Kangchenjunga is 26,500 feet higher than Hawkeye Point.
Lowest point
- Iowa's lowest point is Mississippi River at 480 feet; India's is Kuttanad at -7 feet.
- India's lowest point is 487 feet lower.
Iowa vs India Population and History
Population
- Iowa has a population of 3,241,488 (2024), while India has 1,429,404,000 (2026).
- India's population is 441.0 times larger than Iowa's.
Population density
- Iowa: 58.0 people per square mile vs India: 1,245.2.
- India's population density is 21.5 times higher than Iowa's.
Biggest city
- Iowa's biggest city is Des Moines with 213,096 people; India's is Delhi with 16,753,235.
- Delhi's population is 78.6 times larger than Des Moines'.
Largest metro area
- Iowa's largest metropolitan area is Omaha, NE-IA metro area (1,001,010 people) vs India's Delhi (30,222,405).
- Delhi's population is 30.2 times larger than Omaha, NE-IA metro area's.
History
- Iowa: Admitted to the Union on December 28, 1846, as the 29th state.
- India: Independent since August 15, 1947.
- In its current form, Iowa is the older of the two by 101 years.
Iowa vs India Economy
GDP
- Iowa's GDP is $265.8 billion (2024) vs India's $3,956.1 billion.
- India's economic output is 14.9 times larger than Iowa's.
GDP per capita
- Iowa: $81,998 per person vs India: $2,703.
- Iowa's GDP per capita is 30.3 times higher than India's.
Average income
- Iowa: $65,225 vs India: $2,760 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- Iowa's average income is 23.6 times higher than India's.
Official Websites
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