Country size comparison

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Illinois is about 7 times bigger than El Salvador.

El Salvador is approximately 21,041 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 584% larger than El Salvador. Meanwhile, the population of El Salvador is ~6.6 million people (6.3 million more people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of El Salvador vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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