Country size comparison
compared to
South Africa is about 2.5 times bigger than Turkmenistan.
Turkmenistan is approximately 488,100 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 150% larger than Turkmenistan. Meanwhile, the population of Turkmenistan is ~5.6 million people (51.9 million more people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of
Turkmenistan
vs.
South Africa
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