Country size comparison

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Illinois is about 8 times bigger than Swaziland.

Swaziland is approximately 17,364 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 729% larger than Swaziland. Meanwhile, the population of Swaziland is ~1.1 million people (11.7 million more people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Swaziland vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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