Country size comparison

compared to

Bangladesh is about 8 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Bangladesh is approximately 148,460 sq km, making Bangladesh 12.18% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (108.1 million more people live in Bangladesh).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Bangladesh uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
Share

Compare further: Bangladesh vs. South Africa

Flip Comparison · See true size
See Bangladesh on top of South Africa
→
Quality of Life Comparison · 13 statistics
Be 5.5 times more likely to be unemployed in South Africa
→
Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
South Africa is 3.1 times more expensive than Bangladesh overall
→
Moving from Bangladesh to South Africa · UN DESA 2020
15,565 people born in Bangladesh live in South Africa.
→