Country size comparison
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Mongolia is about 1.3 times bigger than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Mongolia is approximately 1,564,116 sq km, making Mongolia 28% larger than South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (54.3 million fewer people live in Mongolia).
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