Country size comparison
compared to
Russia is about 14 times bigger than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, making Russia 1,303% larger than South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (84.5 million more people live in Russia).
This to-scale comparison of
South Africa
vs.
Russia
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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