Albania is about 42 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Albania is approximately 28,748 sq km, making Albania 2.36% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (54.4 million fewer people live in Albania).
This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Albania uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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