Country size comparison
compared to
Libya is about 1.4 times bigger than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 44% larger than South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (50.4 million fewer people live in Libya).
This to-scale comparison of
South Africa
vs.
Libya
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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