Country size comparison

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Illinois is about 3.7 times smaller than Yemen.

Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 27.27% the size of Yemen. Meanwhile, the population of Yemen is ~31.0 million people (18.2 million fewer people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Yemen vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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