Country size comparison

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Taiwan is about 4 times smaller than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Taiwan is approximately 35,980 sq km, making Taiwan 24.99% the size of Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (10.8 million more people live in Taiwan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. Taiwan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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