City size comparison

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Johannesburg is about 3.2 times smaller than Istanbul.

Istanbul is approximately 5,343 sq km, while Johannesburg is approximately 1,644 sq km, making Johannesburg 30.77% the size of Istanbul.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Istanbul vs. Johannesburg uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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