Country size comparison
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Saint Lucia is about 1,979 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Saint Lucia is approximately 616 sq km, making Saint Lucia 0.05% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (57.3 million fewer people live in Saint Lucia).
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