Country size comparison

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Bosnia and Herzegovina is about 2.8 times smaller than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Bosnia and Herzegovina is approximately 51,197 sq km, making Bosnia and Herzegovina 35.56% the size of Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (9.0 million fewer people live in Bosnia and Herzegovina).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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