Country size comparison

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South Africa is about 10 times bigger than Eritrea.

Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 937% larger than Eritrea. Meanwhile, the population of Eritrea is ~6.2 million people (51.3 million more people live in South Africa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Eritrea vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Be 79.0% less likely to be unemployed in Eritrea
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Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Eritrea is 35.6% more expensive than South Africa overall
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Moving from South Africa to Eritrea · UN DESA 2020
106 people born in South Africa live in Eritrea.
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