Country size comparison
compared to
Libya is about 12 times bigger than Illinois.
Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km,
while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making
Libya 1,122% larger than Illinois.
Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people
(5.7 million fewer people live in Libya).
This to-scale comparison of
Illinois
vs.
Libya
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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