City size comparison

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Paris is about 51 times smaller than Istanbul.

Istanbul is approximately 5,343 sq km, while Paris is approximately 105 sq km, making Paris 1.97% the size of Istanbul.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Istanbul vs. Paris uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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