Country size comparison

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South Africa is about 1.6 times bigger than Chile.

Chile is approximately 756,102 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 61% larger than Chile. Meanwhile, the population of Chile is ~18.4 million people (39.1 million more people live in South Africa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Chile vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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