Country size comparison

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France is about 935 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while France is approximately 551,500 sq km, making France 93,403% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. France uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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