Country size comparison
compared to
South Africa is about 7 times bigger than Washington.
Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 607% larger than Washington. Meanwhile, the population of Washington is ~6.7 million people (50.8 million more people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of
Washington
vs.
South Africa
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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