Hong Kong is about 1,100 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Hong Kong is approximately 1,108 sq km, making Hong Kong 0.09% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (50.2 million fewer people live in Hong Kong).
This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Hong Kong uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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