China is about 67 times bigger than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while China is approximately 9,596,960 sq km, making China 6,566% larger than Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (1.4 billion more people live in China).
This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. China uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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