Country size comparison
compared to
Massachusetts is about 60 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km,
while Massachusetts is approximately 20,306 sq km, making
Massachusetts 1.67% the size of South Africa.
Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people
(51.0 million fewer people live in Massachusetts).
This to-scale comparison of
South Africa
vs.
Massachusetts
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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