Country size comparison

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Chicago is about 935 times smaller than France.

France is approximately 551,500 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 0.11% the size of France.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of France vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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