Country size comparison

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Illinois is about 5 times bigger than Burundi.

Burundi is approximately 27,830 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 417% larger than Burundi. Meanwhile, the population of Burundi is ~12.7 million people (134,154 more people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Burundi vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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