Country size comparison
compared to
Athens is about 2,959 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Athens is approximately 412 sq km, making Athens 0.03% the size of South Africa.
This to-scale comparison of
South Africa
vs.
Athens
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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