City size comparison

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Vancouver is about 51 times smaller than Shanghai.

Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, while Vancouver is approximately 124 sq km, making Vancouver 1.95% the size of Shanghai.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Shanghai vs. Vancouver uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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