Country size comparison

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Romania is about 404 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Romania is approximately 238,391 sq km, making Romania 40,318% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Romania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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