Country size comparison

compared to

South Africa is about 56 times bigger than Israel.

Israel is approximately 21,937 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 5,457% larger than Israel. Meanwhile, the population of Israel is ~8.9 million people (48.6 million more people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of Israel vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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