Country size comparison
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Equatorial Guinea is about 5 times smaller than Illinois.
Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Equatorial Guinea is approximately 28,051 sq km, making Equatorial Guinea 19.49% the size of Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (11.2 million fewer people live in Equatorial Guinea).
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