Country size comparison
compared to
Alaska is about 1.2 times bigger than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, making Alaska 22% larger than South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (56.8 million fewer people live in Alaska).
This to-scale comparison of
South Africa
vs.
Alaska
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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