Country size comparison

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Sweden is about 763 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, making Sweden 76,244% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Sweden uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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