Country size comparison

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Istanbul is about 46 times smaller than United Kingdom.

United Kingdom is approximately 243,610 sq km, while Istanbul is approximately 5,343 sq km, making Istanbul 2.19% the size of United Kingdom.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of United Kingdom vs. Istanbul uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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