Country size comparison
compared to
South Africa is about 9,030 times bigger than Christmas Island.
Christmas Island is approximately 135 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 902,930% larger than Christmas Island. Meanwhile, the population of Christmas Island is ~2,205 people (57.5 million more people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of
Christmas Island
vs.
South Africa
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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