Country size comparison

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Belize is about 6 times smaller than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Belize is approximately 22,966 sq km, making Belize 15.95% the size of Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (12.4 million fewer people live in Belize).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. Belize uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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