State size comparison
compared to
Illinois is about 6 times bigger than Maryland.
Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 469% larger than Maryland. Meanwhile, the population of Maryland is ~5.8 million people (7.1 million more people live in Illinois).
This to-scale comparison of
Maryland
vs.
Illinois
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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