Country size comparison
compared to
South Africa is about 48 times bigger than Maryland.
Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 4,716% larger than Maryland. Meanwhile, the population of Maryland is ~5.8 million people (51.7 million more people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of
Maryland
vs.
South Africa
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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