Country size comparison

compared to

Illinois is about 9 times smaller than Niger.

Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 11.36% the size of Niger. Meanwhile, the population of Niger is ~24.5 million people (11.7 million fewer people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Niger vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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