Country size comparison

compared to

Chicago is about 30 times smaller than Kuwait.

Kuwait is approximately 17,818 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 3.31% the size of Kuwait.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kuwait vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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