Country size comparison

compared to

Chicago is about 16,271 times smaller than China.

China is approximately 9,596,960 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 0.01% the size of China.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of China vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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