Country size comparison

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Istanbul is about 1,840 times smaller than United States.

United States is approximately 9,833,517 sq km, while Istanbul is approximately 5,343 sq km, making Istanbul 0.05% the size of United States.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of United States vs. Istanbul uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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