Country size comparison
compared to
United Kingdom is about 1.7 times bigger than Illinois.
Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while United Kingdom is approximately 243,610 sq km, making United Kingdom 69% larger than Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (55.0 million more people live in United Kingdom).
This to-scale comparison of
Illinois
vs.
United Kingdom
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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