Country size comparison
compared to
South Africa is about 8 times smaller than Canada.
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 ~38.2 million people
(19.3 million more people live in South Africa).
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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.