Country size comparison

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Venezuela is about 6 times bigger than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Venezuela is approximately 912,050 sq km, making Venezuela 534% larger than Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (17.0 million more people live in Venezuela).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. Venezuela uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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