South Africa is about 1.9 times smaller than Algeria.

Algeria is approximately 2,381,740 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 51.18% the size of Algeria. Meanwhile, the population of Algeria is ~44.2 million people (13.3 million more people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of Algeria vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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