Sydney
12,368 km²
Warsaw
517 km²
Australia
Poland
Area Comparison
Sydney is 23.9x larger than Warsaw
Population Comparison
Sydney has 2.9x more people than Warsaw
In terms of area, Sydney is 23.9x the size of Warsaw. Sydney spans 12,368 km² (4,775 mi²) while Warsaw covers 517 km² (200 mi²) — a difference of 11,851 km². You could fit Warsaw inside Sydney approximately 23 times.
To put Sydney's size in perspective, its area of 12,368 km² is about 2.0x the size of Shanghai. Meanwhile, Warsaw at 517 km² is about 1.2x smaller than Seoul.
Picture Sydney another way: its area is large enough to fit about 1,700,000 American football fields, 120 times the area of Paris, or 100 times the area of San Francisco. For Warsaw, that's about 72,000 American football fields, 150 times the area of Central Park, or 9 times the area of Manhattan.
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.
Known as "Sydneysiders", Sydney covers 12,368 km² with a population of 5.3 million. The city was established in 1788. Sydney is known for Sydney Opera House, Sydney Harbour Bridge, Bondi Beach, among other attractions. The city's main transit system is the Sydney Trains.
Sydney stretches roughly 80 km from the Pacific Ocean in the east to the Blue Mountains in the west.
Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at 1.86 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 3.27 million residents, which makes Warsaw the 6th most-populous city in the European Union. The city area measures 517 square kilometres and comprises 18 districts, while the metropolitan area covers 6,100 square kilometres.
Nicknamed "Phoenix City", Warsaw has an area of 517 km² and is home to 1.9 million people. Visitors come for Warsaw Old Town, Palace of Culture and Science, Royal Castle, and much more.
Warsaw is Poland's capital and largest city, with 1.86 million residents and a metro area of 3.27 million.
Sydney has a population density of 429 people per km² — a low-density, sprawling urban area. Warsaw, with 3,598 people per km², is a moderately dense city. Warsaw is dramatically more crowded, with 8.4x the population density.
Size Ratio
Warsaw fits inside Sydney ~23 times
Density Gap
Warsaw is 8.4x more densely populated
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).
Warsaw covers 517 km². Cities with a similar urban footprint include Budapest (525 km²), Montreal (498 km²), Prague (496 km²), Auckland (559 km²), or Oslo (454 km²).
The straight-line distance from Sydney to Warsaw is 15,594 km (9,690 miles), with an estimated flight time of ~18h 51m.
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