Country size comparison
compared to
Illinois is about 3.8 times smaller than France.
France is approximately 551,500 sq km,
while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making
Illinois 26.1% the size of France.
Meanwhile, the population of France is ~68.3 million people
(55.5 million fewer people live in Illinois).
This to-scale comparison of
France
vs.
Illinois
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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