Country size comparison
compared to
Illinois is about 16 times smaller than Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Democratic Republic of the Congo is approximately 2,344,858 sq km,
while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making
Illinois 6.14% the size of Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Meanwhile, the population of Democratic Republic of the Congo is ~108.4 million people
(95.6 million fewer people live in Illinois).
This to-scale comparison of
Democratic Republic of the Congo
vs.
Illinois
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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