Country size comparison

compared to

Nepal is about 8 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Nepal is approximately 147,181 sq km, making Nepal 12.07% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (26.9 million fewer people live in Nepal).

Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Nepal uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.