City size comparison

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Beijing is about 10 times bigger than London.

London (including the 32 boroughs of greater London) is approximately 1,572 sq km, while Beijing is approximately 16,411 sq km, making Beijing 944% larger than London.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of London vs. Beijing uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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