City size comparison

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Jakarta is about 6 times smaller than Melbourne.

Melbourne (the 27 councils of metropolitan Melbourne, without the Yarra Ranges, Cardinia, Mornington Peninsula and Nillumbik) is approximately 3,915 sq km, while Jakarta is approximately 662 sq km, making Jakarta 16.91% the size of Melbourne.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Melbourne vs. Jakarta uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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