Country size comparison

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Chicago is about 37 times smaller than Israel.

Israel is approximately 21,937 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 2.69% the size of Israel.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Israel vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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