Canada is approximately 9,984,670 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 12.21% the size of Canada. Meanwhile, the population of Canada is ~37.7 million people (18.8 million more people live in South Africa).
This to-scale map shows a size comparison of Canada compared to South Africa. For more details, see an in-depth quality of life comparison of South Africa vs. Canada using our country comparison tool.
