Country size comparison

compared to

Malaysia is about 559 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, making Malaysia 55,823% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Malaysia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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