Country size comparison

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Brazil is about 59 times bigger than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Brazil is approximately 8,515,770 sq km, making Brazil 5,815% larger than Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (204.4 million more people live in Brazil).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. Brazil uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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