Country size comparison

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South Africa is about 2.3 times smaller than Argentina.

Argentina is approximately 2,780,400 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 43.85% the size of Argentina. Meanwhile, the population of Argentina is ~46.2 million people (11.3 million more people live in South Africa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Argentina vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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