Solomon Islands is about 42 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Solomon Islands is approximately 28,896 sq km, making Solomon Islands 2.37% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (56.8 million fewer people live in Solomon Islands).
This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Solomon Islands uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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