Country size comparison
Texas, USA
compared to
South Africa
Texas is about 1.8 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Texas is approximately 678,052 sq km, making Texas 55.62% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (32.4 million fewer people live in Texas).
We have positioned the outline of South Africa near the middle of Texas.
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This to-scale comparison of
South Africa
vs.
Texas
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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