Country size comparison

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Illinois is about 4.4 times smaller than Somalia.

Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 22.58% the size of Somalia. Meanwhile, the population of Somalia is ~12.4 million people (444,384 more people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Somalia vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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