Country size comparison

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Somalia is about 1,081 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, making Somalia 108,010% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Somalia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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