Country size comparison

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Paraguay is about 2.8 times bigger than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Paraguay is approximately 406,752 sq km, making Paraguay 183% larger than Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (5.5 million fewer people live in Paraguay).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. Paraguay uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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