Country size comparison

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Ireland is about 119 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making Ireland 11,814% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Ireland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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