Country size comparison

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New Orleans is about 2,778 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while New Orleans is approximately 439 sq km, making New Orleans 0.04% the size of South Africa.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. New Orleans uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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