Country size comparison

compared to

Chicago is about 204 times smaller than North Korea.

North Korea is approximately 120,538 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 0.49% the size of North Korea.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of North Korea vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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