Country size comparison

compared to

South Africa is about 34 times bigger than Taiwan.

Taiwan is approximately 35,980 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 3,288% larger than Taiwan. Meanwhile, the population of Taiwan is ~23.6 million people (33.9 million more people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of Taiwan vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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