Country size comparison
compared to
Tuvalu is about 46,888 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Tuvalu is approximately 26 sq km, making Tuvalu 0.0% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (57.5 million fewer people live in Tuvalu).
This to-scale comparison of
South Africa
vs.
Tuvalu
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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