Country size comparison

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South Africa is around the same size as Angola.

Angola is approximately 1,246,700 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 97.79% the size of Angola. Meanwhile, the population of Angola is ~34.8 million people (22.7 million more people live in South Africa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Angola vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Be 94.6% more likely to live below the poverty line in Angola
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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Angola is 94.8% more expensive than South Africa overall
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Moving from South Africa to Angola · UN DESA 2020
6,295 people born in South Africa live in Angola.
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