Country size comparison
compared to
South Africa is about 11 times bigger than Louisiana.
Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 981% larger than Louisiana. Meanwhile, the population of Louisiana is ~4.5 million people (53.0 million more people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of
Louisiana
vs.
South Africa
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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