State size comparison
California, USA
compared to
Illinois, USA
California is about 2.8 times bigger than Illinois.
Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 181% larger than Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (24.4 million more people live in California).
We have positioned the outline of Illinois near the middle of California.
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This to-scale comparison of
Illinois
vs.
California
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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