Country size comparison
compared to
Illinois is about 16 times bigger than Cyprus.
Cyprus is approximately 9,251 sq km,
while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making
Illinois 1,456% larger than Cyprus.
Meanwhile, the population of Cyprus is ~1.3 million people
(11.5 million more people live in Illinois).
This to-scale comparison of
Cyprus
vs.
Illinois
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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