Country size comparison

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South Africa is about 16 times bigger than Panama.

Panama is approximately 75,420 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 1,516% larger than Panama. Meanwhile, the population of Panama is ~4.3 million people (53.2 million more people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of Panama vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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