City size comparison

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Berlin is about 1.5 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Berlin is approximately 891 sq km, making Berlin 51% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Berlin uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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