Taipei is about 2.2 times smaller than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Taipei is approximately 272 sq km, making Taipei 46.08% the size of Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Taipei uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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