Country size comparison

compared to

Illinois is about 4.7 times bigger than Belgium.

Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 372% larger than Belgium. Meanwhile, the population of Belgium is ~11.8 million people (983,294 more people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Belgium vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
Share
Compare further: Illinois vs. Belgium
Flip Comparison · See true size
See Illinois on top of Belgium
→
Quality of Life Comparison · 3 statistics
Be 14.8% more likely to be unemployed in Belgium
→
Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Belgium is 4.9% more expensive than Illinois
→