Country size comparison

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Illinois is about 1.7 times smaller than Romania.

Romania is approximately 238,391 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 60.39% the size of Romania. Meanwhile, the population of Romania is ~18.5 million people (5.7 million fewer people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Romania vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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