City size comparison

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Shanghai is about 4.7 times bigger than Brisbane.

Brisbane is approximately 1,343 sq km, while Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, making Shanghai 372% larger than Brisbane.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Brisbane vs. Shanghai uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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