Illinois is about 7 times smaller than Egypt.

Egypt is approximately 1,001,450 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 14.38% the size of Egypt. Meanwhile, the population of Egypt is ~118.4 million people (105.6 million fewer people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Egypt vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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