Country size comparison
compared to
Michigan is about 4.9 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Michigan is approximately 250,493 sq km, making Michigan 20.55% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (47.6 million fewer people live in Michigan).
This to-scale comparison of
South Africa
vs.
Michigan
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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