Country size comparison
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South Africa is about 53 times bigger than Belize.
Belize is approximately 22,966 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 5,208% larger than Belize. Meanwhile, the population of Belize is ~412,387 people (57.1 million more people live in South Africa).
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