City size comparison

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Johannesburg is about 8 times bigger than Stockholm.

Stockholm (map shows its 47 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 207 sq km, while Johannesburg is approximately 1,644 sq km, making Johannesburg 693% larger than Stockholm.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Stockholm vs. Johannesburg uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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