City size comparison

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Johannesburg is about 1.8 times bigger than Berlin.

Berlin is approximately 891 sq km, while Johannesburg is approximately 1,644 sq km, making Johannesburg 84% larger than Berlin.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Berlin vs. Johannesburg uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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