City size comparison

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Shanghai is about 43 times bigger than Staten Island.

Staten Island is approximately 149 sq km, while Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, making Shanghai 4,156% larger than Staten Island.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Staten Island vs. Shanghai uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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