State size comparison
Illinois, USA
compared to
Arkansas, USA
Illinois is around the same size as Arkansas.
Arkansas is approximately 134,856 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 7% larger than Arkansas. Meanwhile, the population of Arkansas is ~2.9 million people (9.9 million more people live in Illinois).
We have positioned the outline of Arkansas near the middle of Illinois.
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This to-scale comparison of
Arkansas
vs.
Illinois
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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