Country size comparison
compared to
Illinois is about 9 times smaller than Mali.
Mali is approximately 1,240,192 sq km,
while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making
Illinois 11.61% the size of Mali.
Meanwhile, the population of Mali is ~20.7 million people
(7.9 million fewer people live in Illinois).
This to-scale comparison of
Mali
vs.
Illinois
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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