Country size comparison
compared to
South Africa is about 8 times bigger than Illinois.
Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 747% larger than Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (44.7 million more people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of
Illinois
vs.
South Africa
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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