City size comparison

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Shanghai is about 4.5 times bigger than Delhi.

Delhi is approximately 1,397 sq km, while Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, making Shanghai 354% larger than Delhi.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Delhi vs. Shanghai uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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