Moldova is about 36 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Moldova is approximately 33,851 sq km, making Moldova 2.78% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (54.2 million fewer people live in Moldova).
This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Moldova uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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