Country size comparison
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Azerbaijan is about 14 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Azerbaijan is approximately 86,600 sq km, making Azerbaijan 7.1% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (47.2 million fewer people live in Azerbaijan).
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