City size comparison

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Riga is about 18 times smaller than Istanbul.

Istanbul is approximately 5,343 sq km, while Riga is approximately 304 sq km, making Riga 5.69% the size of Istanbul.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Istanbul vs. Riga uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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