City size comparison

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Los Angeles is about 14 times smaller than Beijing.

Beijing is approximately 16,411 sq km, while Los Angeles (including the city proper only) is approximately 1,215 sq km, making Los Angeles 7.4% the size of Beijing.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Beijing vs. Los Angeles uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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