City size comparison

compared to

Rome is about 4.2 times smaller than Istanbul.

Istanbul is approximately 5,343 sq km, while Rome is approximately 1,287 sq km, making Rome 24.09% the size of Istanbul.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Istanbul vs. Rome uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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