Country size comparison

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Illinois is about 12 times bigger than Vanuatu.

Vanuatu is approximately 12,189 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 1,081% larger than Vanuatu. Meanwhile, the population of Vanuatu is ~308,043 people (12.5 million more people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Vanuatu vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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