Brisbane is about 12 times smaller than Beijing.

Beijing is approximately 16,411 sq km, while Brisbane is approximately 1,343 sq km, making Brisbane 8.18% the size of Beijing.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Beijing vs. Brisbane uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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