Country size comparison
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Argentina is about 2.3 times bigger than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Argentina is approximately 2,780,400 sq km, making Argentina 128% larger than South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (11.3 million fewer people live in Argentina).
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Moving from Argentina to South Africa · UN DESA 2020
2,854 people born in Argentina live in South Africa.
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