Country size comparison

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Libya is about 1.4 times bigger than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 44% larger than South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (50.4 million fewer people live in Libya).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Libya uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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