Country size comparison

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Uruguay is about 1.2 times bigger than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Uruguay is approximately 176,215 sq km, making Uruguay 22% larger than Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (9.4 million fewer people live in Uruguay).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. Uruguay uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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