Country size comparison
compared to
Illinois is about 8 times bigger than Kuwait.
Kuwait is approximately 17,818 sq km,
while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making
Illinois 708% larger than Kuwait.
Meanwhile, the population of Kuwait is ~3.1 million people
(9.8 million more people live in Illinois).
This to-scale comparison of
Kuwait
vs.
Illinois
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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