Country size comparison

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Illinois is about 2.3 times bigger than Svalbard.

Svalbard is approximately 62,045 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 132% larger than Svalbard. Meanwhile, the population of Svalbard is ~2,926 people (12.8 million more people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Svalbard vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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