Country size comparison

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Italy is about 511 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, making Italy 50,990% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Italy uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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