Country size comparison

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Tanzania is about 7 times bigger than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Tanzania is approximately 947,300 sq km, making Tanzania 558% larger than Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (51.0 million more people live in Tanzania).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. Tanzania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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