City size comparison

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Beijing is about 28 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Beijing is approximately 16,411 sq km, making Beijing 2,682% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Beijing uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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