Country size comparison

compared to

Chicago is about 404 times smaller than Romania.

Romania is approximately 238,391 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 0.25% the size of Romania.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Romania vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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