Country size comparison

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Illinois is about 1.4 times bigger than Iceland.

Iceland is approximately 103,000 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 40% larger than Iceland. Meanwhile, the population of Iceland is ~357,603 people (12.5 million more people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iceland vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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