Country size comparison

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British Virgin Islands is about 953 times smaller than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while British Virgin Islands is approximately 151 sq km, making British Virgin Islands 0.1% the size of Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (12.8 million fewer people live in British Virgin Islands).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. British Virgin Islands uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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