City size comparison

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Karachi is about 1.8 times smaller than Shanghai.

Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, while Karachi is approximately 3,527 sq km, making Karachi 55.62% the size of Shanghai.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Shanghai vs. Karachi uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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