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 ~64.7 million people (54.3 million fewer people live in Greece).
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