Country size comparison

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China is about 16,271 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while China is approximately 9,596,960 sq km, making China 1,627,000% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. China uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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