Country size comparison
compared to
United States is about 8 times bigger than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while United States is approximately 9,833,517 sq km, making United States 707% larger than South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (279.8 million more people live in United States).
This to-scale comparison of
South Africa
vs.
United States
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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