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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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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