Country size comparison
compared to
Brazil is about 7 times bigger than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km,
while Brazil is approximately 8,515,770 sq km, making
Brazil 599% larger than South Africa.
Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people
(159.7 million more people live in Brazil).
This to-scale comparison of
South Africa
vs.
Brazil
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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