Country size comparison

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South Africa is about 88 times bigger than Bahamas.

Bahamas is approximately 13,880 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 8,683% larger than Bahamas. Meanwhile, the population of Bahamas is ~355,608 people (57.2 million more people live in South Africa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Bahamas vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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