Country size comparison

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Burundi is about 5 times smaller than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Burundi is approximately 27,830 sq km, making Burundi 19.33% the size of Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (134,154 fewer people live in Burundi).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. Burundi uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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