Country size comparison
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Solomon Islands is about 5 times smaller than Illinois.
Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Solomon Islands is approximately 28,896 sq km, making Solomon Islands 20.07% the size of Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (12.1 million fewer people live in Solomon Islands).
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