State size comparison
Illinois, USA
compared to
Mississippi, USA
Illinois is about 1.2 times bigger than Mississippi.
Mississippi is approximately 121,489 sq km, while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making Illinois 18% larger than Mississippi. Meanwhile, the population of Mississippi is ~3.0 million people (9.9 million more people live in Illinois).
We have positioned the outline of Mississippi near the middle of Illinois.
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This to-scale comparison of
Mississippi
vs.
Illinois
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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