Country size comparison

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Illinois is about 1.4 times smaller than Belarus.

Belarus is approximately 207,600 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 69.35% the size of Belarus. Meanwhile, the population of Belarus is ~9.4 million people (3.4 million more people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Belarus vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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