Country size comparison
compared to
South Africa is around the same size as Mali.
Mali is approximately 1,240,192 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 98.3% the size of Mali. Meanwhile, the population of Mali is ~20.7 million people (36.8 million more people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of
Mali
vs.
South Africa
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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