Country size comparison
compared to
South Africa is about 97 times bigger than Connecticut.
Connecticut is approximately 12,548 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 9,615% larger than Connecticut. Meanwhile, the population of Connecticut is ~3.6 million people (53.9 million more people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of
Connecticut
vs.
South Africa
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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