Country size comparison

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Rwanda is about 46 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Rwanda is approximately 26,338 sq km, making Rwanda 2.16% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (44.3 million fewer people live in Rwanda).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Rwanda uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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