Country size comparison

 South Africa
compared to
 New Zealand

South Africa is about 4.5 times bigger than New Zealand.

New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 353% larger than New Zealand. Meanwhile, the population of New Zealand is ~5.1 million people (52.5 million more people live in South Africa). We have positioned the outline of New Zealand near the middle of South Africa.
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This to-scale comparison of New Zealand vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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