Country size comparison

compared to

Chicago is about 201 times smaller than Malawi.

Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 0.5% the size of Malawi.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malawi vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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