Fascinating size-comparison maps reveal how big cities REALLY are, with London TWICE the size of New York (and Paris is tiny when compared to both)

Britain may be a tiny country - but its capital city, London, packs a huge punch size-wise. A fascinating size-comparison mapping tool that enables users to superimpose a map of one city over that of another reveals that it's actually bigger than all the cities with famous skylines in America. LONDON VS LOS ANGELES London, including the 32 boroughs of Greater London, is around 1,572 sq km, which makes it about 1.3 times bigger than Los Angeles, which covers 1,215 sq km LONDON VS PARIS London is around 15 times bigger than Paris, which covers 105 sq km LONDON VS NEW YORK CITY New York City, including its five boroughs, covers 781 sq km. It's vast - but London is twice as big LONDON VS SYDNEY Sydney covers around 27 sq km, meaning London is 59 times bigger NEW YORK CITY VS SYDNEY New York City swallows Sydney up, with the Australian city covering around half of Manhattan LONDON VS SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco looks big in the movies, but it's dwarfed by London, which is 13 times bigger NEW YORK CITY VS SAN FRANCISCO New York City is about six times bigger than San Francisco MILAN VS PARIS Milan at 182 sq km/70 sq m is 1.7 times bigger than Paris VANCOUVER VS SYDNEY Vancouver covers 124 sq km, making it 4.6 times bigger than Sydney LONDON VS DALLAS Dallas covers a whopping 880 sq km, but London is larger by 79 per cent LONDON VS CHICAGO Chicago, the third biggest U.S city by population, covers 590 square kilometres, but is no match for London, which is 2.7 times bigger LONDON VS ATHENS Athens covers 412 sq km and fits easily inside London, which is 3.8 times bigger LONDON VS TORONTO Toronto covers 630 sq km, which is sizeable. But it fits neatly inside London, which is 2.5 times bigger LONDON VS MADRID London is 2.6 times bigger than Madrid, which covers 604 sq km LONDON VS LAS VEGAS London is 4.3 times bigger than Las Vegas, which covers 367 sq km LONDON VS MILAN London dwarfs Milan - it's 765 per cent bigger than Italy's fashion capital