Country size comparison

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Eritrea is about 1.2 times smaller than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, making Eritrea 81.69% the size of Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (6.6 million fewer people live in Eritrea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. Eritrea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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