State size comparison

 New Mexico, USA
compared to
 Illinois, USA

New Mexico is about 2.2 times bigger than Illinois.

Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, while New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, making New Mexico 118% larger than Illinois. Meanwhile, the population of Illinois is ~12.8 million people (10.8 million fewer people live in New Mexico). We have positioned the outline of Illinois near the middle of New Mexico.
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Flip comparison: see New Mexico on top of Illinois
This to-scale comparison of Illinois vs. New Mexico uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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