Country size comparison

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Illinois is about 4.2 times bigger than Moldova.

Moldova is approximately 33,851 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 325% larger than Moldova. Meanwhile, the population of Moldova is ~3.3 million people (9.5 million more people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Moldova vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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