Country size comparison

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Illinois is about 10 times bigger than Bahamas.

Bahamas is approximately 13,880 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 937% larger than Bahamas. Meanwhile, the population of Bahamas is ~355,608 people (12.5 million more people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Bahamas vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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