Country size comparison

compared to

Illinois is about 14 times bigger than Lebanon.

Lebanon is approximately 10,400 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 1,284% larger than Lebanon. Meanwhile, the population of Lebanon is ~5.3 million people (7.5 million more people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Lebanon vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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