Country size comparison

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Marshall Islands is about 795 times smaller than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Marshall Islands is approximately 181 sq km, making Marshall Islands 0.13% the size of Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (12.8 million fewer people live in Marshall Islands).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. Marshall Islands uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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