Country size comparison

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South Africa is about 2,067 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 206,588% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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