City size comparison

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Brisbane is about 4.7 times smaller than Shanghai.

Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, while Brisbane is approximately 1,343 sq km, making Brisbane 21.18% the size of Shanghai.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Shanghai vs. Brisbane uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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