Country size comparison
compared to
Illinois is about 8 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 11.81% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (44.7 million fewer people live in Illinois).
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