Country size comparison

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Albania is about 49 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Albania is approximately 28,748 sq km, making Albania 4,774% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Albania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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