Country size comparison
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Aruba is about 6,773 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Aruba is approximately 180 sq km, making Aruba 0.01% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (57.4 million fewer people live in Aruba).
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