Country size comparison

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Illinois is about 456 times bigger than Malta.

Malta is approximately 316 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 45,457% larger than Malta. Meanwhile, the population of Malta is ~464,186 people (12.4 million more people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malta vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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