Country size comparison

compared to

Illinois is about 11 times smaller than Iran.

Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 8.73% the size of Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~86.8 million people (73.9 million fewer people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iran vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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