Country size comparison
compared to
Washington is about 7 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 14.14% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (50.8 million fewer people live in Washington).
This to-scale comparison of
South Africa
vs.
Washington
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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