State size comparison

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Georgia is around the same size as Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Georgia is approximately 149,976 sq km, making Georgia 4% larger than Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (3.1 million fewer people live in Georgia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. Georgia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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