Country size comparison
compared to
South Africa is about 1.6 times bigger than Zambia.
Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 62% larger than Zambia. Meanwhile, the population of Zambia is ~19.6 million people (37.9 million more people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of
Zambia
vs.
South Africa
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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