Country size comparison

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Illinois is about 5 times bigger than Albania.

Albania is approximately 28,748 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 401% larger than Albania. Meanwhile, the population of Albania is ~3.1 million people (9.7 million more people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Albania vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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