Country size comparison
Zambia
compared to
South Africa
Zambia is about 1.6 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Zambia is approximately 752,618 sq km, making Zambia 61.74% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (37.9 million fewer people live in Zambia).
We have positioned the outline of South Africa near the middle of Zambia.
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This to-scale comparison of
South Africa
vs.
Zambia
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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