Country size comparison

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Illinois is about 6 times bigger than Belize.

Belize is approximately 22,966 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 527% larger than Belize. Meanwhile, the population of Belize is ~412,387 people (12.4 million more people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Belize vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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