Country size comparison
compared to
South Africa is about 16 times bigger than South Carolina.
South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 1,463% larger than South Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of South Carolina is ~4.6 million people (52.9 million more people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of
South Carolina
vs.
South Africa
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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