Country size comparison

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Illinois is around the same size as Tunisia.

Tunisia is approximately 163,610 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 87.99% the size of Tunisia. Meanwhile, the population of Tunisia is ~11.9 million people (933,660 more people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Tunisia vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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