Country size comparison
South Africa
compared to
Sweden
South Africa is about 2.7 times bigger than Sweden.
Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 171% larger than Sweden. Meanwhile, the population of Sweden is ~10.5 million people (47.0 million more people live in South Africa).
We have positioned the outline of Sweden near the middle of South Africa.
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Sweden
vs.
South Africa
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