Country size comparison
compared to
South Africa is about 63 times bigger than New Jersey.
New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 6,246% larger than New Jersey. Meanwhile, the population of New Jersey is ~8.8 million people (48.7 million more people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of
New Jersey
vs.
South Africa
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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