City size comparison

compared to

Sydney is about 50 times smaller than Brisbane.

Brisbane is approximately 1,343 sq km, while Sydney is approximately 27 sq km, making Sydney 1.99% the size of Brisbane.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Brisbane vs. Sydney uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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