Country size comparison

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Panama is about 16 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Panama is approximately 75,420 sq km, making Panama 6.19% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (53.2 million fewer people live in Panama).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Panama uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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