City size comparison

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Johannesburg is about 7 times bigger than Kuala Lumpur.

Kuala Lumpur is approximately 244 sq km, while Johannesburg is approximately 1,644 sq km, making Johannesburg 575% larger than Kuala Lumpur.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kuala Lumpur vs. Johannesburg uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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