Country size comparison
compared to
South Africa is about 1.2 times bigger than Egypt.
Egypt is approximately 1,001,450 sq km,
while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making
South Africa 22% larger than Egypt.
Meanwhile, the population of Egypt is ~107.8 million people
(50.3 million fewer people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of
Egypt
vs.
South Africa
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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