Country size comparison

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Illinois is about 6 times bigger than Djibouti.

Djibouti is approximately 23,200 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 521% larger than Djibouti. Meanwhile, the population of Djibouti is ~957,273 people (11.9 million more people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Djibouti vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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