South Africa is about 9 times bigger than Arkansas.

Arkansas is approximately 134,856 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 804% larger than Arkansas. Meanwhile, the population of Arkansas is ~2.9 million people (54.6 million more people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of Arkansas vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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