Country size comparison

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Kuwait is about 30 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Kuwait is approximately 17,818 sq km, making Kuwait 2,921% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Kuwait uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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