Country size comparison
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Bosnia and Herzegovina is about 24 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Bosnia and Herzegovina is approximately 51,197 sq km, making Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.2% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (53.7 million fewer people live in Bosnia and Herzegovina).
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