Country size comparison

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Cuba is about 11 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Cuba is approximately 110,860 sq km, making Cuba 9.09% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (46.5 million fewer people live in Cuba).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Cuba uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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