Indonesia is about 1.6 times bigger than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Indonesia is approximately 1,904,569 sq km, making Indonesia 56% larger than South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (219.8 million more people live in Indonesia).
This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Indonesia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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