Country size comparison

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Jordan is about 14 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Jordan is approximately 89,342 sq km, making Jordan 7.33% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (46.5 million fewer people live in Jordan).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Jordan uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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