Country size comparison

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Illinois is about 1.3 times bigger than Liberia.

Liberia is approximately 111,369 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 29% larger than Liberia. Meanwhile, the population of Liberia is ~5.4 million people (7.5 million more people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Liberia vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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