Country size comparison

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South Africa is around the same size as Bolivia.

Bolivia is approximately 1,098,581 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 11% larger than Bolivia. Meanwhile, the population of Bolivia is ~12.1 million people (45.5 million more people live in South Africa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Bolivia vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Moving from South Africa to Bolivia · UN DESA 2020
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