Country size comparison

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Fort Lauderdale is about 13,545 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Fort Lauderdale (excluding the city's 9.9 sq km of water area) is approximately 90 sq km, making Fort Lauderdale 0.01% the size of South Africa.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Fort Lauderdale uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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