Singapore
733 km²
Sydney
12,368 km²
Singapore
Australia
Area Comparison
Singapore is 16.9x smaller than Sydney
Population Comparison
Singapore has 1.0x more people than Sydney
In terms of area, Sydney is 16.9x the size of Singapore. Sydney spans 12,368 km² (4,775 mi²) while Singapore covers 733 km² (283 mi²) — a difference of 11,635 km². You could fit Singapore inside Sydney approximately 16 times.
To put Singapore's size in perspective, its area of 733 km² is roughly the same size as New York City. Meanwhile, Sydney at 12,368 km² is about 2.0x the size of Shanghai.
Picture Singapore another way: its area is large enough to fit about 103,000 American football fields, 12 times the area of Manhattan, or 7 times the area of Paris. Sydney works out to about 1,700,000 American football fields, 120 times the area of Paris, or 100 times the area of San Francisco.
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. Its territory comprises a main island, over 60 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. The country is about one degree of latitude north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Strait of Malacca to the west, the Singapore Strait to the south along with the Riau Islands in Indonesia, the South China Sea to the east and the Straits of Johor along…
Known as "Lion City", Singapore covers 733 km² with a population of 5.5 million. The city was established in 1819. Singapore is known for Marina Bay Sands, Gardens by the Bay, Merlion statue, among other attractions. The city's main transit system is the MRT Singapore.
Singapore is a city-state made up of one main island plus over 60 satellite islands and islets.
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. The city dates 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.
Singapore has a population density of 7,435 people per km² — a densely populated city. Sydney, with 429 people per km², is a low-density, sprawling urban area. Singapore is dramatically more crowded, with 17.3x the population density.
This comparison spans continents — Singapore in Asia versus Sydney in Oceania. Despite the geographic distance, comparing their sizes reveals surprising insights about how cities grow worldwide.
Singapore has a tropical rainforest climate while Sydney experiences humid subtropical conditions. When it's noon in Sydney, it's 10:00 AM in Singapore — a 2-hour time difference.
Size Ratio
Singapore fits inside Sydney ~16 times
Density Gap
Singapore is 17.3x more densely populated
Singapore covers 733 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Tehran (730 km²), Bangalore (741 km²), Hamburg (755 km²), Nairobi (696 km²), or New York (783 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 Singapore to Sydney is 6,306 km (3,919 miles), with an estimated flight time of ~7h 55m.
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