Country size comparison
compared to
Chicago is about 2,067 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, making Chicago 0.05% the size of South Africa.
This to-scale comparison of
South Africa
vs.
Chicago
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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