Country size comparison

 South Africa
compared to
 Texas, USA

South Africa is about 1.8 times bigger than Texas.

Texas is approximately 678,052 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 80% larger than Texas. Meanwhile, the population of Texas is ~25.1 million people (32.4 million more people live in South Africa). We have positioned the outline of Texas near the middle of South Africa.
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This to-scale comparison of Texas vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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