Country size comparison

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Illinois is about 119 times smaller than Russia.

Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 0.84% the size of Russia. Meanwhile, the population of Russia is ~142.0 million people (129.2 million fewer people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Russia vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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