Country size comparison
compared to
Philippines is about 4.1 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Philippines is approximately 300,000 sq km, making Philippines 24.61% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (57.1 million more people live in Philippines).
This to-scale comparison of
South Africa
vs.
Philippines
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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