City size comparison

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Karachi is about 2.1 times bigger than Johannesburg.

Johannesburg is approximately 1,644 sq km, while Karachi is approximately 3,527 sq km, making Karachi 115% larger than Johannesburg.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Johannesburg vs. Karachi uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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