Country size comparison
compared to
Illinois is around the same size as Suriname.
Suriname is approximately 163,820 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 87.88% the size of Suriname. Meanwhile, the population of Suriname is ~632,638 people (12.2 million more people live in Illinois).
This to-scale comparison of
Suriname
vs.
Illinois
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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