Country size comparison

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Christmas Island is about 1,066 times smaller than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Christmas Island is approximately 135 sq km, making Christmas Island 0.09% the size of Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (12.8 million fewer people live in Christmas Island).
This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. Christmas Island uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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