City size comparison

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Istanbul is about 22 times bigger than Kuala Lumpur.

Kuala Lumpur is approximately 244 sq km, while Istanbul is approximately 5,343 sq km, making Istanbul 2,093% larger than Kuala Lumpur.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kuala Lumpur vs. Istanbul uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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