Country size comparison
compared to
Illinois is about 3.5 times bigger than Netherlands.
Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 247% larger than Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (4.6 million fewer people live in Illinois).
This to-scale comparison of
Netherlands
vs.
Illinois
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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