Country size comparison

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United Kingdom is about 5 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while United Kingdom is approximately 243,610 sq km, making United Kingdom 19.98% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (10.3 million more people live in United Kingdom).
This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. United Kingdom uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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