Country size comparison

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Norway is about 2.2 times bigger than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Norway is approximately 323,802 sq km, making Norway 125% larger than Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (7.3 million fewer people live in Norway).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. Norway uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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