Country size comparison
compared to
South Carolina is about 16 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, making South Carolina 6.4% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (52.9 million fewer people live in South Carolina).
This to-scale comparison of
South Africa
vs.
South Carolina
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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