Connecticut is about 97 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Connecticut is approximately 12,548 sq km, making Connecticut 1.03% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (53.9 million fewer people live in Connecticut).
This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Connecticut uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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