Country size comparison
compared to
Netherlands is about 29 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, making Netherlands 3.41% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (40.1 million fewer people live in Netherlands).
This to-scale comparison of
South Africa
vs.
Netherlands
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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