Country size comparison

compared to

Illinois is about 7 times bigger than Israel.

Israel is approximately 21,937 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 556% larger than Israel. Meanwhile, the population of Israel is ~8.9 million people (3.9 million more people live in Illinois).
This to-scale comparison of Israel vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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