Continent size comparison
compared to
South America is about 1.7 times smaller than Africa.
Africa is approximately 30,365,000 sq km,
while South America is approximately 17,840,000 sq km, making
South America 58.75% the size of Africa.
This to-scale comparison of
Africa
vs.
South America
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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