Country size comparison

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Romania is about 1.7 times bigger than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Romania is approximately 238,391 sq km, making Romania 66% larger than Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (5.7 million more people live in Romania).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. Romania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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