City size comparison

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Canberra is about 1.6 times smaller than Brisbane.

Brisbane is approximately 1,343 sq km, while Canberra is approximately 814 sq km, making Canberra 60.64% the size of Brisbane.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Brisbane vs. Canberra uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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