Country size comparison
compared to
Chad is around the same size as South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Chad is approximately 1,284,000 sq km, making Chad 5% larger than South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (39.6 million fewer people live in Chad).
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