Country size comparison
compared to
Illinois is around the same size as Bangladesh.
Bangladesh is approximately 148,460 sq km,
while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making
Illinois 96.97% the size of Bangladesh.
Meanwhile, the population of Bangladesh is ~165.7 million people
(152.8 million fewer people live in Illinois).
This to-scale comparison of
Bangladesh
vs.
Illinois
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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