Cabo Verde is about 302 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Cabo Verde is approximately 4,033 sq km, making Cabo Verde 0.33% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (56.9 million fewer people live in Cabo Verde).
This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Cabo Verde uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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