Country size comparison
compared to
Rwanda is about 46 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Rwanda is approximately 26,338 sq km, making Rwanda 2.16% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (44.3 million fewer people live in Rwanda).
This to-scale comparison of
South Africa
vs.
Rwanda
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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