Country size comparison
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Djibouti is about 53 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Djibouti is approximately 23,200 sq km, making Djibouti 1.9% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (56.6 million fewer people live in Djibouti).
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