Country size comparison
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South Africa is about 58 times bigger than El Salvador.
El Salvador is approximately 21,041 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 5,694% larger than El Salvador. Meanwhile, the population of El Salvador is ~6.6 million people (50.9 million more people live in South Africa).
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