Illinois is about 5 times smaller than Zambia.

Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 19.13% the size of Zambia. Meanwhile, the population of Zambia is ~19.6 million people (6.8 million fewer people live in Illinois).
This to-scale comparison of Zambia vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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