Country size comparison
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South Africa is about 9 times bigger than Florida.
Florida is approximately 139,670 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 773% larger than Florida. Meanwhile, the population of Florida is ~18.8 million people (38.7 million more people live in South Africa).
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