Madagascar is about 2.1 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Madagascar is approximately 587,041 sq km, making Madagascar 48.15% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (29.3 million fewer people live in Madagascar).
This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Madagascar uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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