City size comparison

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Johannesburg is about 5 times bigger than Riga.

Riga is approximately 304 sq km, while Johannesburg is approximately 1,644 sq km, making Johannesburg 441% larger than Riga.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Riga vs. Johannesburg uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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