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).
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