Country size comparison

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Syria is about 318 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Syria is approximately 187,437 sq km, making Syria 31,679% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Syria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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