Country size comparison
compared to
South Africa is about 1.8 times smaller than Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia is approximately 2,149,690 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 56.71% the size of Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, the population of Saudi Arabia is ~35.4 million people (22.2 million more people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of
Saudi Arabia
vs.
South Africa
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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