Country size comparison
compared to
South Africa is about 17 times bigger than Ireland.
Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 1,635% larger than Ireland. Meanwhile, the population of Ireland is ~5.3 million people (52.2 million more people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of
Ireland
vs.
South Africa
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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