Country size comparison

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Tanzania is about 1,606 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while Tanzania is approximately 947,300 sq km, making Tanzania 160,508% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. Tanzania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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