Country size comparison
compared to
Japan is about 3.2 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Japan is approximately 377,915 sq km, making Japan 31.0% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (66.7 million more people live in Japan).
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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
South Africa is 17.5% cheaper than Japan overall
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Moving from Japan to South Africa · UN DESA 2020
2,106 people born in Japan live in South Africa.
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