Illinois is about 3.2 times smaller than Papua New Guinea.

Papua New Guinea is approximately 462,840 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 31.1% the size of Papua New Guinea. Meanwhile, the population of Papua New Guinea is ~9.6 million people (3.2 million more people live in Illinois).
This to-scale comparison of Papua New Guinea vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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