Country size comparison
California, USA
compared to
South Africa
California is about 3 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 33.13% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (20.3 million fewer people live in California).
We have positioned the outline of South Africa near the middle of California.
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This to-scale comparison of
South Africa
vs.
California
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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