City size comparison

compared to

Amsterdam is about 3.6 times smaller than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Amsterdam is approximately 166 sq km, making Amsterdam 28.1% the size of Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Amsterdam uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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