Country size comparison

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South Africa is about 5 times bigger than Uganda.

Uganda is approximately 241,038 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 406% larger than Uganda. Meanwhile, the population of Uganda is ~46.2 million people (11.3 million more people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of Uganda vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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