Country size comparison
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New York is about 10 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 10.03% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (38.1 million fewer people live in New York).
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