Country size comparison
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Kyrgyzstan is about 1.4 times bigger than Illinois.
Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Kyrgyzstan is approximately 199,951 sq km, making Kyrgyzstan 39% larger than Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (6.8 million fewer people live in Kyrgyzstan).
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