Country size comparison
compared to
Illinois is around the same size as Tajikistan.
Tajikistan is approximately 144,100 sq km,
while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making
Illinois 99.9% the size of Tajikistan.
Meanwhile, the population of Tajikistan is ~9.1 million people
(3.7 million more people live in Illinois).
This to-scale comparison of
Tajikistan
vs.
Illinois
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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