Country size comparison
compared to
Illinois is about 5 times bigger than Rwanda.
Rwanda is approximately 26,338 sq km,
while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making
Illinois 447% larger than Rwanda.
Meanwhile, the population of Rwanda is ~13.2 million people
(343,098 fewer people live in Illinois).
This to-scale comparison of
Rwanda
vs.
Illinois
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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