City size comparison

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Kuala Lumpur is about 2.5 times smaller than Tokyo.

Tokyo is approximately 619 sq km, while Kuala Lumpur is approximately 244 sq km, making Kuala Lumpur 39.36% the size of Tokyo.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Tokyo vs. Kuala Lumpur uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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