Country size comparison
compared to
Algeria is about 1.9 times bigger than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Algeria is approximately 2,381,740 sq km, making Algeria 95% larger than South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (13.3 million fewer people live in Algeria).
This to-scale comparison of
South Africa
vs.
Algeria
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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