Country size comparison
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Democratic Republic of the Congo is about 16 times bigger than Illinois.
Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Democratic Republic of the Congo is approximately 2,344,858 sq km, making Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,529% larger than Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (95.6 million more people live in Democratic Republic of the Congo).
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