Country size comparison
Sweden
compared to
Illinois, USA
Sweden is about 3.1 times bigger than Illinois.
Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, making Sweden 213% larger than Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (2.3 million fewer people live in Sweden).
We have positioned the outline of Illinois near the middle of Sweden.
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Illinois
vs.
Sweden
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