Country size comparison

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Israel is about 37 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Israel is approximately 21,937 sq km, making Israel 3,619% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Israel uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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