City size comparison

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Shanghai is about 5 times bigger than Rio De Janeiro.

Rio De Janeiro is approximately 1,221 sq km, while Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, making Shanghai 419% larger than Rio De Janeiro.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Rio De Janeiro vs. Shanghai uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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