Country size comparison

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Albania is about 5 times smaller than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Albania is approximately 28,748 sq km, making Albania 19.97% the size of Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (9.7 million fewer people live in Albania).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. Albania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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