Country size comparison

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Senegal is about 6 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Senegal is approximately 196,722 sq km, making Senegal 16.14% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (39.6 million fewer people live in Senegal).
This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Senegal uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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