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).
This to-scale comparison of
South Africa
vs.
Chad
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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