Country size comparison

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Illinois is about 12 times bigger than Qatar.

Qatar is approximately 11,586 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 1,143% larger than Qatar. Meanwhile, the population of Qatar is ~2.5 million people (10.3 million more people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Qatar vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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