Country size comparison

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Vietnam is about 2.3 times bigger than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Vietnam is approximately 331,210 sq km, making Vietnam 130% larger than Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.7 million people (88.9 million more people live in Vietnam).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. Vietnam uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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