Country size comparison

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South Africa is about 1,497 times bigger than Canberra.

Canberra is approximately 814 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 149,629% larger than Canberra.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Canberra vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Canberra is 2.9 times more expensive than South Africa overall
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