City size comparison

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Kuala Lumpur is about 22 times smaller than Istanbul.

Istanbul is approximately 5,343 sq km, while Kuala Lumpur is approximately 244 sq km, making Kuala Lumpur 4.56% the size of Istanbul.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Istanbul vs. Kuala Lumpur uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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