Country size comparison
compared to
Louisiana is about 11 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, making Louisiana 9.25% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (53.0 million fewer people live in Louisiana).
This to-scale comparison of
South Africa
vs.
Louisiana
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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