Country size comparison

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Illinois is about 193 times bigger than Tonga.

Tonga is approximately 747 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 19,172% larger than Tonga. Meanwhile, the population of Tonga is ~105,517 people (12.7 million more people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Tonga vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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