Country size comparison
compared to
South Africa is about 875 times bigger than Faroe Islands.
Faroe Islands is approximately 1,393 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 87,415% larger than Faroe Islands. Meanwhile, the population of Faroe Islands is ~52,269 people (57.5 million more people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of
Faroe Islands
vs.
South Africa
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