Country size comparison
Japan
compared to
Illinois, USA
Japan is about 2.6 times bigger than Illinois.
Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 163% larger than Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (111.4 million more people live in Japan).
We have positioned the outline of Illinois near the middle of Japan.
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Illinois
vs.
Japan
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