Country size comparison

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South Africa is about 40 times bigger than Belgium.

Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 3,893% larger than Belgium. Meanwhile, the population of Belgium is ~11.8 million people (45.7 million more people live in South Africa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Belgium vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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