Country size comparison

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Belgium is about 52 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, making Belgium 5,076% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Belgium uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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