Country size comparison
compared to
Illinois is about 3.5 times bigger than Switzerland.
Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 249% larger than Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people (4.3 million more people live in Illinois).
This to-scale comparison of
Switzerland
vs.
Illinois
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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