Country size comparison

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Chicago is about 605 times smaller than Germany.

Germany is approximately 357,022 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 0.17% the size of Germany.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Germany vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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