Country size comparison

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

Istanbul is approximately 5,343 sq km, while United States is approximately 9,833,517 sq km, making United States 183,944% larger than Istanbul.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Istanbul vs. United States uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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