Country size comparison
compared to
Solomon Islands is about 42 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Solomon Islands is approximately 28,896 sq km, making Solomon Islands 2.37% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (56.8 million fewer people live in Solomon Islands).
This to-scale comparison of
South Africa
vs.
Solomon Islands
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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