Country size comparison

 Illinois, USA
compared to
 Eritrea

Illinois is about 1.2 times bigger than Eritrea.

Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 22% larger than Eritrea. Meanwhile, the population of Eritrea is ~6.2 million people (6.6 million more people live in Illinois). We have positioned the outline of Eritrea near the middle of Illinois.
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Flip comparison: see Illinois on top of Eritrea
This to-scale comparison of Eritrea vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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