Country size comparison
compared to
South Africa is about 4,091 times bigger than Maldives.
Maldives is approximately 298 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 408,991% larger than Maldives. Meanwhile, the population of Maldives is ~390,164 people (57.1 million more people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of
Maldives
vs.
South Africa
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