City size comparison

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Jakarta is about 2.7 times bigger than Kuala Lumpur.

Kuala Lumpur is approximately 244 sq km, while Jakarta is approximately 662 sq km, making Jakarta 172% larger than Kuala Lumpur.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kuala Lumpur vs. Jakarta uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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