Country size comparison

compared to

Chicago is about 511 times smaller than Italy.

Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 0.2% the size of Italy.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Italy vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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