Country size comparison
compared to
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).
This to-scale comparison of
Belgium
vs.
South Africa
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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