Country size comparison

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Tajikistan is around the same size as Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Tajikistan is approximately 144,100 sq km, making Tajikistan 0% larger than Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (3.7 million fewer people live in Tajikistan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. Tajikistan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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