Country size comparison

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Ethiopia is about 8 times bigger than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Ethiopia is approximately 1,104,300 sq km, making Ethiopia 667% larger than Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (100.8 million more people live in Ethiopia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. Ethiopia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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