Country size comparison

compared to

Illinois is about 7 times smaller than Tanzania.

Tanzania is approximately 947,300 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 15.2% the size of Tanzania. Meanwhile, the population of Tanzania is ~63.9 million people (51.0 million fewer people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Tanzania vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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