Country size comparison
South Africa
compared to
France
South Africa is about 2.2 times bigger than France.
France is approximately 551,500 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 121% larger than France. Meanwhile, the population of France is ~68.3 million people (10.8 million fewer people live in South Africa).
We have positioned the outline of France near the middle of South Africa.
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France
vs.
South Africa
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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