Country size comparison
compared to
South Africa is about 2.4 times bigger than Spain.
Spain is approximately 505,370 sq km,
while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making
South Africa 141% larger than Spain.
Meanwhile, the population of Spain is ~47.2 million people
(10.4 million more people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of
Spain
vs.
South Africa
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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