City size comparison

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London is about 4 times smaller than Shanghai.

Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, while London (including the 32 boroughs of greater London) is approximately 1,572 sq km, making London 24.79% the size of Shanghai.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Shanghai vs. London uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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