City size comparison

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Jakarta is about 8 times smaller than Istanbul.

Istanbul is approximately 5,343 sq km, while Jakarta is approximately 662 sq km, making Jakarta 12.39% the size of Istanbul.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Istanbul vs. Jakarta uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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