Country size comparison
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Sao Tome and Principe is about 81 times smaller than South Carolina.
South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, while Sao Tome and Principe is approximately 964 sq km, making Sao Tome and Principe 1.24% the size of South Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of South Carolina is ~4.6 million people (4.4 million fewer people live in Sao Tome and Principe).
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