Aruba is about 800 times smaller than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Aruba is approximately 180 sq km, making Aruba 0.13% the size of Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (12.7 million fewer people live in Aruba).
This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. Aruba uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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