Country size comparison

compared to

Illinois is about 2.2 times smaller than Norway.

Norway is approximately 323,802 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 44.46% the size of Norway. Meanwhile, the population of Norway is ~5.6 million people (7.3 million more people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Norway vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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