Country size comparison

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Zambia is about 5 times bigger than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, making Zambia 423% larger than Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (6.8 million more people live in Zambia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. Zambia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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