Country size comparison

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

Christmas Island is approximately 135 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 106,538% larger than Christmas Island. Meanwhile, the population of Christmas Island is ~2,205 people (12.8 million more people live in Illinois).
This to-scale comparison of Christmas Island vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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