Country size comparison

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Illinois is about 14 times smaller than Mexico.

Mexico is approximately 1,964,375 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 7.33% the size of Mexico. Meanwhile, the population of Mexico is ~131.9 million people (119.2 million fewer people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Mexico vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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