City size comparison

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Istanbul is about 51 times bigger than Paris.

Paris is approximately 105 sq km, while Istanbul is approximately 5,343 sq km, making Istanbul 4,969% larger than Paris.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Paris vs. Istanbul uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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