City size comparison

compared to

Beijing is about 3.1 times bigger than Istanbul.

Istanbul is approximately 5,343 sq km, while Beijing is approximately 16,411 sq km, making Beijing 207% larger than Istanbul.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Istanbul vs. Beijing uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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