Country size comparison

compared to

Chicago is about 1,106 times smaller than Afghanistan.

Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 0.09% the size of Afghanistan.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Afghanistan vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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