Country size comparison

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Iran is about 2,794 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, making Iran 279,340% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Iran uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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