Country size comparison

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Illinois is about 2.2 times bigger than Latvia.

Latvia is approximately 64,589 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 123% larger than Latvia. Meanwhile, the population of Latvia is ~1.8 million people (11.0 million more people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Latvia vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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