Country size comparison

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Namibia is about 6 times bigger than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Namibia is approximately 824,292 sq km, making Namibia 473% larger than Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (10.1 million fewer people live in Namibia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. Namibia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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