Country size comparison
compared to
Faroe Islands is about 875 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Faroe Islands is approximately 1,393 sq km, making Faroe Islands 0.11% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (57.5 million fewer people live in Faroe Islands).
This to-scale comparison of
South Africa
vs.
Faroe Islands
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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