Country size comparison

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Illinois is about 1.3 times smaller than Syria.

Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 76.81% the size of Syria. Meanwhile, the population of Syria is ~21.6 million people (8.7 million fewer people live in Illinois).
This to-scale comparison of Syria vs. Illinois uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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