City size comparison

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Canberra is about 30 times bigger than Sydney.

Sydney is approximately 27 sq km, while Canberra is approximately 814 sq km, making Canberra 2,949% larger than Sydney.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sydney vs. Canberra uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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