Country size comparison

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Guinea is about 5 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Guinea is approximately 245,857 sq km, making Guinea 20.17% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (44.3 million fewer people live in Guinea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Guinea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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