Country size comparison
compared to
South Africa is about 60 times bigger than Massachusetts.
Massachusetts is approximately 20,306 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 5,904% larger than Massachusetts. Meanwhile, the population of Massachusetts is ~6.5 million people (51.0 million more people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of
Massachusetts
vs.
South Africa
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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