City size comparison

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Amsterdam is about 2.1 times smaller than Philadelphia.

Philadelphia is approximately 348 sq km, while Amsterdam is approximately 166 sq km, making Amsterdam 47.65% the size of Philadelphia.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Philadelphia vs. Amsterdam uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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