Country size comparison
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Kentucky is about 12 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, making Kentucky 8.44% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (53.2 million fewer people live in Kentucky).
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