Country size comparison

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Suriname is about 278 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Suriname is approximately 163,820 sq km, making Suriname 27,675% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Suriname uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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