Country size comparison
compared to
New Zealand is about 4.5 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, making New Zealand 22.05% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (52.5 million fewer people live in New Zealand).
This to-scale comparison of
South Africa
vs.
New Zealand
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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