City size comparison

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Istanbul is about 1.5 times bigger than Karachi.

Karachi is approximately 3,527 sq km, while Istanbul is approximately 5,343 sq km, making Istanbul 51% larger than Karachi.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Karachi vs. Istanbul uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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