Country size comparison

compared to

Japan is about 641 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 63,973% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Japan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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