City size comparison

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Karachi is about 1.5 times smaller than Istanbul.

Istanbul is approximately 5,343 sq km, while Karachi is approximately 3,527 sq km, making Karachi 66.01% the size of Istanbul.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Istanbul vs. Karachi uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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