Country size comparison
compared to
Illinois is about 4.3 times smaller than Central African Republic.
Central African Republic is approximately 622,984 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 23.11% the size of Central African Republic. Meanwhile, the population of Central African Republic is ~5.5 million people (7.4 million more people live in Illinois).
This to-scale comparison of
Central African Republic
vs.
Illinois
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