Country size comparison

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China is about 8 times bigger than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while China is approximately 9,596,960 sq km, making China 687% larger than South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (1.4 billion more people live in China).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. China uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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