Country size comparison

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Melbourne is about 256 times smaller than Egypt.

Egypt is approximately 1,001,450 sq km, while Melbourne (the 27 councils of metropolitan Melbourne, without the Yarra Ranges, Cardinia, Mornington Peninsula and Nillumbik) is approximately 3,915 sq km, making Melbourne 0.39% the size of Egypt.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Egypt vs. Melbourne uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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