Country size comparison

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United States is about 16,672 times bigger than Chicago.

Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while United States is approximately 9,833,517 sq km, making United States 1,667,106% larger than Chicago.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chicago vs. United States uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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