Country size comparison
compared to
South Africa is about 29 times bigger than Netherlands.
Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 2,835% larger than Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (40.1 million more people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of
Netherlands
vs.
South Africa
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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