Country size comparison

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Shanghai is about 38 times smaller than United Kingdom.

United Kingdom is approximately 243,610 sq km, while Shanghai is approximately 6,341 sq km, making Shanghai 2.6% the size of United Kingdom.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of United Kingdom vs. Shanghai uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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