City size comparison

compared to

Rio De Janeiro is about 4.4 times smaller than Istanbul.

Istanbul is approximately 5,343 sq km, while Rio De Janeiro is approximately 1,221 sq km, making Rio De Janeiro 22.85% the size of Istanbul.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Istanbul vs. Rio De Janeiro uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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