Country size comparison

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Malawi is about 201 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Malawi is approximately 118,484 sq km, making Malawi 19,988% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Malawi uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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