Country size comparison

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Israel is about 56 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Israel is approximately 21,937 sq km, making Israel 1.8% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (48.6 million fewer people live in Israel).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Israel uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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