Country size comparison

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Illinois is about 51 times bigger than Samoa.

Samoa is approximately 2,831 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 4,985% larger than Samoa. Meanwhile, the population of Samoa is ~206,179 people (12.6 million more people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Samoa vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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