City size comparison

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Johannesburg is about 2.1 times smaller than Karachi.

Karachi is approximately 3,527 sq km, while Johannesburg is approximately 1,644 sq km, making Johannesburg 46.61% the size of Karachi.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Karachi vs. Johannesburg uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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