Country size comparison

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Niger is about 9 times bigger than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, making Niger 780% larger than Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (11.7 million more people live in Niger).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. Niger uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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