City size comparison

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Rio De Janeiro is about 12 times bigger than Lisbon.

Lisbon (map shows its 24 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 100 sq km, while Rio De Janeiro is approximately 1,221 sq km, making Rio De Janeiro 1,120% larger than Lisbon.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Lisbon vs. Rio De Janeiro uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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