Country size comparison

compared to

South Africa is about 17 times bigger than Sierra Leone.

Sierra Leone is approximately 71,740 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 1,599% larger than Sierra Leone. Meanwhile, the population of Sierra Leone is ~8.7 million people (48.8 million more people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of Sierra Leone vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

Share this