City size comparison

compared to

Istanbul is about 3.1 times smaller than Beijing.

Beijing is approximately 16,411 sq km, while Istanbul is approximately 5,343 sq km, making Istanbul 32.56% the size of Beijing.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Beijing vs. Istanbul uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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