Country size comparison

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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).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. France uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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