City size comparison

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Shanghai is about 1.2 times bigger than Istanbul.

Istanbul is approximately 5,343 sq km, while Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, making Shanghai 19% larger than Istanbul.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Istanbul vs. Shanghai uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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