Country size comparison
compared to
France is about 2.2 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km,
while France is approximately 551,500 sq km, making
France 45.24% the size of South Africa.
Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people
(10.8 million more people live in France).
This to-scale comparison of
South Africa
vs.
France
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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