Country size comparison

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Chicago is about 199 times smaller than Eritrea.

Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 0.5% the size of Eritrea.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Eritrea vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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