City size comparison

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Detroit is about 13 times bigger than Sydney.

Sydney is approximately 27 sq km, while Detroit is approximately 359 sq km, making Detroit 1,246% larger than Sydney.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sydney vs. Detroit uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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