Country size comparison
compared to
South Africa is about 11 times bigger than Cuba.
Cuba is approximately 110,860 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 1,000% larger than Cuba. Meanwhile, the population of Cuba is ~11.0 million people (46.5 million more people live in South Africa).
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