Country size comparison
South Africa
compared to
Egypt
South Africa is about 1.2 times bigger than Egypt.
Egypt is approximately 1,001,450 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 22% larger than Egypt. Meanwhile, the population of Egypt is ~107.8 million people (50.3 million fewer people live in South Africa).
We have positioned the outline of Egypt near the middle of South Africa.
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Egypt
vs.
South Africa
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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