Country size comparison

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Croatia is about 2.5 times smaller than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Croatia is approximately 56,594 sq km, making Croatia 39.31% the size of Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (8.6 million fewer people live in Croatia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. Croatia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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