Rio De Janeiro is about 14 times bigger than Fort Lauderdale.

Fort Lauderdale (excluding the city's 9.9 sq km of water area) is approximately 90 sq km, while Rio De Janeiro is approximately 1,221 sq km, making Rio De Janeiro 1,257% larger than Fort Lauderdale.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Fort Lauderdale vs. Rio De Janeiro uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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