Country size comparison

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Hungary is about 1.6 times smaller than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Hungary is approximately 93,028 sq km, making Hungary 64.62% the size of Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (3.1 million fewer people live in Hungary).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. Hungary uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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