Country size comparison
compared to
Germany is about 3.4 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Germany is approximately 357,022 sq km, making Germany 29.29% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (26.8 million more people live in Germany).
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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
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Moving from Germany to South Africa · UN DESA 2020
16,595 people born in Germany live in South Africa.
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