Country size comparison

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Illinois is about 6 times bigger than Macedonia.

Macedonia is approximately 25,713 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 460% larger than Macedonia. Meanwhile, the population of Macedonia is ~2.1 million people (10.7 million more people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Macedonia vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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