Country size comparison

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Paraguay is about 3 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Paraguay is approximately 406,752 sq km, making Paraguay 33.37% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (50.2 million fewer people live in Paraguay).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Paraguay uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Moving from Paraguay to South Africa · UN DESA 2020
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