Country size comparison

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Illinois is about 13 times bigger than Gambia.

Gambia is approximately 11,300 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 1,174% larger than Gambia. Meanwhile, the population of Gambia is ~2.4 million people (10.4 million more people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Gambia vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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