Country size comparison

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Illinois is about 2.4 times smaller than Finland.

Finland is approximately 338,145 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 42.57% the size of Finland. Meanwhile, the population of Finland is ~5.6 million people (7.2 million more people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Finland vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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