Country size comparison
compared to
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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