Country size comparison
compared to
Guinea-Bissau is about 34 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Guinea-Bissau is approximately 36,125 sq km, making Guinea-Bissau 2.96% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (55.5 million fewer people live in Guinea-Bissau).
This to-scale comparison of
South Africa
vs.
Guinea-Bissau
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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