Country size comparison

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Saudi Arabia is about 1.8 times bigger than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Saudi Arabia is approximately 2,149,690 sq km, making Saudi Arabia 76% larger than South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (22.2 million fewer people live in Saudi Arabia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Saudi Arabia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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