Country size comparison

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Illinois is about 3.3 times bigger than Denmark.

Denmark is approximately 43,094 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 234% larger than Denmark. Meanwhile, the population of Denmark is ~5.9 million people (6.9 million more people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Denmark vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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