Country size comparison

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Canberra is about 1,497 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Canberra is approximately 814 sq km, making Canberra 0.07% the size of South Africa.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Canberra uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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