Country size comparison

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South Africa is about 27 times bigger than Estonia.

Estonia is approximately 45,228 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 2,595% larger than Estonia. Meanwhile, the population of Estonia is ~1.2 million people (56.3 million more people live in South Africa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Estonia vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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