Country size comparison

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Denmark is about 28 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Denmark is approximately 43,094 sq km, making Denmark 3.53% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (51.6 million fewer people live in Denmark).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Denmark uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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