Country size comparison

compared to

Chicago is about 559 times smaller than Malaysia.

Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 0.18% the size of Malaysia.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malaysia vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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