Country size comparison
compared to
Christmas Island is about 9,030 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Christmas Island is approximately 135 sq km, making Christmas Island 0.01% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (57.5 million fewer people live in Christmas Island).
This to-scale comparison of
South Africa
vs.
Christmas Island
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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