Country size comparison
Portugal
compared to
South Africa
Portugal is about 13 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Portugal is approximately 92,090 sq km, making Portugal 7.55% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (47.3 million fewer people live in Portugal).
We have positioned the outline of South Africa near the middle of Portugal.
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South Africa
vs.
Portugal
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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