Country size comparison
compared to
South Africa is about 28 times bigger than Denmark.
Denmark is approximately 43,094 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 2,729% larger than Denmark. Meanwhile, the population of Denmark is ~5.9 million people (51.6 million more people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of
Denmark
vs.
South Africa
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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