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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