Country size comparison
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South Africa is about 4.5 times bigger than Colorado.
Colorado is approximately 268,627 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 354% larger than Colorado. Meanwhile, the population of Colorado is ~5.0 million people (52.5 million more people live in South Africa).
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