Country size comparison

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Tunisia is around the same size as Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Tunisia is approximately 163,610 sq km, making Tunisia 14% larger than Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (933,660 fewer people live in Tunisia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. Tunisia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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