South Africa is about 1.9 times bigger than Afghanistan.

Afghanistan is approximately 652,230 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 87% larger than Afghanistan. Meanwhile, the population of Afghanistan is ~38.3 million people (19.2 million more people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of Afghanistan vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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