State size comparison
compared to
Georgia is around the same size as Illinois.
Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while Georgia is approximately 149,976 sq km, making Georgia 4% larger than Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (3.1 million fewer people live in Georgia).
This to-scale comparison of
Illinois
vs.
Georgia
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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