Country size comparison

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Illinois is about 13 times bigger than Jamaica.

Jamaica is approximately 10,991 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 1,210% larger than Jamaica. Meanwhile, the population of Jamaica is ~2.8 million people (10.0 million more people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Jamaica vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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