Country size comparison

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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).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Cyprus vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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