Country size comparison
compared to
South Africa is about 8 times smaller than Europe.
Europe is approximately 10,180,000 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 11.98% the size of Europe.
This to-scale comparison of
Europe
vs.
South Africa
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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