Country size comparison
compared to
Illinois is about 1.4 times bigger than South Korea.
South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 44% larger than South Korea. Meanwhile, the population of South Korea is ~51.8 million people (39.0 million fewer people live in Illinois).
This to-scale comparison of
South Korea
vs.
Illinois
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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