Sydney is about 6 times smaller than Staten Island.

Staten Island is approximately 149 sq km, while Sydney is approximately 27 sq km, making Sydney 17.92% the size of Staten Island.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Staten Island vs. Sydney uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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