Country size comparison
compared to
Mexico is about 1.6 times bigger than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Mexico is approximately 1,964,375 sq km, making Mexico 61% larger than South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (71.6 million more people live in Mexico).
This to-scale comparison of
South Africa
vs.
Mexico
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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