Country size comparison
compared to
South Africa is about 2,067 times bigger than Chicago.
Chicago is approximately 590 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 206,588% larger than Chicago.
This to-scale comparison of
Chicago
vs.
South Africa
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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