Country size comparison

compared to

Illinois is about 2.7 times smaller than Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe is approximately 390,757 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 36.84% the size of Zimbabwe. Meanwhile, the population of Zimbabwe is ~15.1 million people (2.3 million fewer people live in Illinois).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Zimbabwe vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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