Country size comparison
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India is about 2.7 times bigger than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while India is approximately 3,287,263 sq km, making India 170% larger than South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (1.3 billion more people live in India).
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Moving from India to South Africa · UN DESA 2020
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