Thailand is about 2.4 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Thailand is approximately 513,120 sq km, making Thailand 42.09% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (12.1 million more people live in Thailand).
This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Thailand uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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