City size comparison

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Kuala Lumpur is about 28 times smaller than Ho Chi Minh City.

Ho Chi Minh City is approximately 6,773 sq km, while Kuala Lumpur is approximately 244 sq km, making Kuala Lumpur 3.6% the size of Ho Chi Minh City.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ho Chi Minh City vs. Kuala Lumpur uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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