Country size comparison

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Kenya is about 4 times bigger than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Kenya is approximately 580,367 sq km, making Kenya 303% larger than Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (43.0 million more people live in Kenya).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. Kenya uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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