Country size comparison
compared to
South Africa is around the same size as Ethiopia.
Ethiopia is approximately 1,104,300 sq km,
while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making
South Africa 10% larger than Ethiopia.
Meanwhile, the population of Ethiopia is ~113.7 million people
(56.1 million fewer people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of
Ethiopia
vs.
South Africa
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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