Country size comparison
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Indiana is about 13 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Indiana is approximately 92,895 sq km, making Indiana 7.62% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (51.0 million fewer people live in Indiana).
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