Country size comparison

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Greece is about 9 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Greece is approximately 131,957 sq km, making Greece 10.82% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (47.0 million fewer people live in Greece).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Greece uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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