Country size comparison

compared to

Iraq is about 743 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, making Iraq 74,214% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Iraq uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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