Country size comparison
compared to
South Africa is around the same size as Colombia.
Colombia is approximately 1,138,910 sq km,
while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making
South Africa 7% larger than Colombia.
Meanwhile, the population of Colombia is ~49.1 million people
(8.5 million more people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of
Colombia
vs.
South Africa
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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