Country size comparison

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Estonia is about 27 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Estonia is approximately 45,228 sq km, making Estonia 3.71% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (56.3 million fewer people live in Estonia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Estonia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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