Country size comparison

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Netherlands is about 70 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, making Netherlands 6,943% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Netherlands uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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