Country size comparison

compared to

Illinois is about 2.9 times bigger than Slovakia.

Slovakia is approximately 49,035 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 194% larger than Slovakia. Meanwhile, the population of Slovakia is ~5.4 million people (7.4 million more people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Slovakia vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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