Illinois is about 6 times smaller than Venezuela.

Venezuela is approximately 912,050 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 15.78% the size of Venezuela. Meanwhile, the population of Venezuela is ~29.8 million people (17.0 million fewer people live in Illinois).
This to-scale comparison of Venezuela vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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