Country size comparison
compared to
Belarus is about 1.4 times bigger than Illinois.
Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km,
while Belarus is approximately 207,600 sq km, making
Belarus 44% larger than Illinois.
Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people
(3.4 million fewer people live in Belarus).
This to-scale comparison of
Illinois
vs.
Belarus
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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