Country size comparison
compared to
United Arab Emirates is about 1.7 times smaller than Illinois.
Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km,
while United Arab Emirates is approximately 83,600 sq km, making
United Arab Emirates 58.07% the size of Illinois.
Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people
(2.9 million fewer people live in United Arab Emirates).
This to-scale comparison of
Illinois
vs.
United Arab Emirates
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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