Country size comparison

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Malta is about 3,858 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Malta is approximately 316 sq km, making Malta 0.03% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (57.1 million fewer people live in Malta).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Malta uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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