Country size comparison
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Montenegro is about 88 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Montenegro is approximately 13,812 sq km, making Montenegro 1.13% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (56.9 million fewer people live in Montenegro).
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