Country size comparison
compared to
Sao Tome and Principe is about 1,265 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Sao Tome and Principe is approximately 964 sq km, making Sao Tome and Principe 0.08% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (57.3 million fewer people live in Sao Tome and Principe).
This to-scale comparison of
South Africa
vs.
Sao Tome and Principe
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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