Country size comparison
Illinois, USA
compared to
Libya
Illinois is about 12 times smaller than Libya.
Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 8.18% the size of Libya. Meanwhile, the population of Libya is ~7.1 million people (5.7 million more people live in Illinois).
We have positioned the outline of Libya near the middle of Illinois.
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This to-scale comparison of
Libya
vs.
Illinois
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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