Country size comparison

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Illinois is about 1.7 times smaller than Guinea.

Guinea is approximately 245,857 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 58.55% the size of Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Guinea is ~13.2 million people (407,200 fewer people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Guinea vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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