Country size comparison

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Morocco is about 2.7 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Morocco is approximately 446,550 sq km, making Morocco 36.63% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (20.8 million fewer people live in Morocco).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Morocco uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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