Panama is about 1.9 times smaller than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Panama is approximately 75,420 sq km, making Panama 52.39% the size of Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (8.5 million fewer people live in Panama).
This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. Panama uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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