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Iowa vs England Geography
Land area
- Iowa has a land area of 55,854 square miles (144,660 km²), while England has 50,301 square miles (130,279 km²).
- Iowa's land area is 1.1 times (11%) larger than England's.
Total area
- Iowa: 56,273 square miles (145,746 km²) vs England: 50,301 square miles (130,279 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Iowa's total area is 1.1 times (12%) larger than England's.
Length
- Iowa is 216 miles (347 km) long from north to south; England is 421 miles (678 km).
- England's north-south length is 1.9 times (95%) longer than Iowa's.
Width
- Iowa spans 335 miles (539 km) east to west; England spans 358 miles (576 km).
- England's east-west width is 1.1 times (7%) wider than Iowa's.
Highest point
- Iowa's highest point is Hawkeye Point at 1,669 feet (509 m); England's is Scafell Pike at 3,209 feet (978 m).
- Scafell Pike is 1,540 feet higher than Hawkeye Point.
Lowest point
- Iowa's lowest point is Mississippi River at 480 feet; England's is The Fens (Holme Fen) at -10 feet.
- England's lowest point is 490 feet lower.
Iowa vs England Population and History
Population
- Iowa has a population of 3,241,488 (2024), while England has 56,536,000 (2022).
- England's population is 17.4 times larger than Iowa's.
Population density
- Iowa: 58.0 people per square mile vs England: 1,124.0.
- England's population density is 19.4 times higher than Iowa's.
Biggest city
- Iowa's biggest city is Des Moines with 213,096 people; England's is London with 8,825,001.
- London's population is 41.4 times larger than Des Moines'.
Largest metro area
- Iowa's largest metropolitan area is Omaha, NE-IA metro area (1,001,010 people) vs England's London (10,416,420).
- London's population is 10.4 times larger than Omaha, NE-IA metro area's.
History
- Iowa: Admitted to the Union on December 28, 1846, as the 29th state.
- England: A country within the United Kingdom; unified as a kingdom in 927.
- In its current form, England is the older of the two by 919 years.
Iowa vs England Economy
GDP
- Iowa's GDP is $265.8 billion (2024) vs England's $2,249.6 billion.
- England's economic output is 8.5 times (746%) larger than Iowa's.
GDP per capita
- Iowa: $81,998 per person vs England: $39,801.
- Iowa's GDP per capita is 2.1 times (106%) higher than England's.
Official Websites
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