Country size comparison

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Eritrea is about 199 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, making Eritrea 19,838% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Eritrea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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