Country size comparison

compared to

Illinois is around the same size as Nicaragua.

Nicaragua is approximately 130,370 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 10% larger than Nicaragua. Meanwhile, the population of Nicaragua is ~6.3 million people (6.5 million more people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nicaragua vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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