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).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kuwait vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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