City size comparison

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Johannesburg is about 2.8 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Johannesburg is approximately 1,644 sq km, making Johannesburg 179% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Johannesburg uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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