City size comparison

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Kuala Lumpur is about 6 times smaller than Bangkok.

Bangkok is approximately 1,569 sq km, while Kuala Lumpur is approximately 244 sq km, making Kuala Lumpur 15.53% the size of Bangkok.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Bangkok vs. Kuala Lumpur uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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