Country size comparison

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Seychelles is about 2,679 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Seychelles is approximately 455 sq km, making Seychelles 0.04% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (57.4 million fewer people live in Seychelles).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Seychelles uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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