Country size comparison

compared to

Chicago is about 70 times smaller than Switzerland.

Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 1.43% the size of Switzerland.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Switzerland vs. Chicago uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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