Country size comparison

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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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