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).
This to-scale comparison of
Niger
vs.
Illinois
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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