Country size comparison

compared to

Illinois is about 2.1 times smaller than Italy.

Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 47.77% the size of Italy. Meanwhile, the population of Italy is ~61.1 million people (48.3 million fewer people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Italy vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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