City size comparison

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Chicago is about 11 times smaller than Shanghai.

Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 9.3% the size of Shanghai.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Shanghai vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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