Country size comparison
compared to
New Zealand is about 1.9 times bigger than Illinois.
Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km,
while New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, making
New Zealand 87% larger than Illinois.
Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people
(7.8 million fewer people live in New Zealand).
This to-scale comparison of
Illinois
vs.
New Zealand
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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