Country size comparison

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Australia is about 13,125 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Australia is approximately 7,741,220 sq km, making Australia 1,312,372% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Australia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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