Country size comparison
compared to
South Africa is about 8 times bigger than Bangladesh.
Bangladesh is approximately 148,460 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 721% larger than Bangladesh. Meanwhile, the population of Bangladesh is ~165.7 million people (108.1 million fewer people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of
Bangladesh
vs.
South Africa
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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