Country size comparison

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Illinois is about 2.1 times bigger than Georgia.

Georgia is approximately 69,700 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 107% larger than Georgia. Meanwhile, the population of Georgia is ~4.9 million people (7.9 million more people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Georgia vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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