Country size comparison

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Colombia is around the same size as South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Colombia is approximately 1,138,910 sq km, making Colombia 93.42% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (8.5 million fewer people live in Colombia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Colombia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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