Country size comparison
compared to
South Africa is about 4 times bigger than Italy.
Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km,
while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making
South Africa 305% larger than Italy.
Meanwhile, the population of Italy is ~61.1 million people
(3.6 million fewer people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of
Italy
vs.
South Africa
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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