City size comparison

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Kuala Lumpur is about 2.4 times smaller than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Kuala Lumpur is approximately 244 sq km, making Kuala Lumpur 41.31% the size of Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Kuala Lumpur uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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