Country size comparison

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El Salvador is about 36 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while El Salvador is approximately 21,041 sq km, making El Salvador 3,467% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. El Salvador uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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