Doha
132 km²
Sydney
12,368 km²
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Area Comparison
Doha is 93.7x smaller than Sydney
Population Comparison
Doha has 4.5x fewer people than Sydney
In terms of area, Sydney is 93.7x the size of Doha. Sydney spans 12,368 km² (4,775 mi²) while Doha covers 132 km² (51 mi²) — a difference of 12,236 km². You could fit Doha inside Sydney approximately 93 times.
To put Doha's size in perspective, its area of 132 km² is roughly the same size as San Francisco. Meanwhile, Sydney at 12,368 km² is about 2.0x the size of Shanghai.
Picture Doha another way: its area is large enough to fit about 18,000 American football fields, 65 times the area of Monaco, or 39 times the area of Central Park. For Sydney, that's about 1,700,000 American football fields, 120 times the area of Paris, or 100 times the area of San Francisco.
Doha is the capital city and main financial hub of Qatar. Located on the Persian Gulf coast in the east of the country, north of Al Wakrah and south of Al Khor and Lusail, it is home to most of the country's population. It is also Qatar's fastest growing city and over 80% of the nation's population live in Doha or its surrounding suburbs, which is known collectively as the Doha Metropolitan Area.
Doha covers 132 km² with a population of 1.2 million. The city was established in 1850. Doha is known for Museum of Islamic Art, Souq Waqif, The Pearl-Qatar, among other attractions.
Doha is Qatar's fastest growing city, with over 80% of the country's population living in the Doha Metropolitan Area.
Sydney is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and is the most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about 80 kilometres (50 mi) from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Blue Mountains in the west, and about 80 kilometres (50 mi) from Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park and the Hawkesbury River in the north and north-west, to the Royal National Park and Macarthur in the south and south-west.
Also known as "Sydneysiders", Sydney has an area of 12,368 km² and is home to 5.3 million people. Its history stretches back to 1788. Visitors come for Sydney Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Bondi Beach, and much more. Getting around is easy with the Sydney Trains.
Sydney stretches roughly 80 km from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Blue Mountains in the west.
Doha has a population density of 9,015 people per km² — a densely populated city. Sydney, with 429 people per km², is a low-density, sprawling urban area. Doha is dramatically more crowded, with 21.0x the population density.
Size Ratio
Doha fits inside Sydney ~93 times
Density Gap
Doha is 21.0x more densely populated
Doha covers 132 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Miami (143 km²), San Francisco (121 km²), Minneapolis (149 km²), Vancouver (115 km²), or Dublin (115 km²).
Sydney covers 12,368 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Chengdu (14,378 km²), Xi'an (10,097 km²), Melbourne (9,993 km²), Brisbane (15,826 km²), or Beijing (16,411 km²).
The straight-line distance from Doha to Sydney is 12,383 km (7,694 miles), with an estimated flight time of ~15h 4m.
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