City size comparison

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Riga is about 5 times smaller than Johannesburg.

Johannesburg is approximately 1,644 sq km, while Riga is approximately 304 sq km, making Riga 18.49% the size of Johannesburg.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Johannesburg vs. Riga uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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