Israel is about 244 times bigger than Fort Lauderdale.

Fort Lauderdale (excluding the city's 9.9 sq km of water area) is approximately 90 sq km, while Israel is approximately 21,937 sq km, making Israel 24,274% larger than Fort Lauderdale.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Fort Lauderdale vs. Israel uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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