Country size comparison

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Somalia is about 1.9 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, making Somalia 52.31% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (45.1 million fewer people live in Somalia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Somalia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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