Country size comparison

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Germany is about 2.5 times bigger than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Germany is approximately 357,022 sq km, making Germany 148% larger than Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (71.5 million more people live in Germany).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. Germany uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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