City size comparison

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Johannesburg is about 18 times bigger than Copenhagen.

Copenhagen is approximately 90 sq km, while Johannesburg is approximately 1,644 sq km, making Johannesburg 1,726% larger than Copenhagen.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Copenhagen vs. Johannesburg uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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