City size comparison

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Sydney is about 30 times smaller than Canberra.

Canberra is approximately 814 sq km, while Sydney is approximately 27 sq km, making Sydney 3.28% the size of Canberra.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Canberra vs. Sydney uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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