City size comparison

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Chicago is about 2.8 times smaller than Johannesburg.

Johannesburg is approximately 1,644 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 35.88% the size of Johannesburg.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Johannesburg vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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