Country size comparison

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Illinois is about 3.2 times bigger than Estonia.

Estonia is approximately 45,228 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 218% larger than Estonia. Meanwhile, the population of Estonia is ~1.2 million people (11.6 million more people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Estonia vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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