Country size comparison

compared to

Chicago is about 857 times smaller than Spain.

Spain is approximately 505,370 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 0.12% the size of Spain.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Spain vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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