Country size comparison

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Bulgaria is about 188 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Bulgaria is approximately 110,879 sq km, making Bulgaria 18,699% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Bulgaria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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