Brunei is about 16 times bigger than Detroit.

Detroit is approximately 359 sq km, while Brunei is approximately 5,765 sq km, making Brunei 1,504% larger than Detroit.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Detroit vs. Brunei uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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