Country size comparison
compared to
South Africa is about 2.2 times bigger than France.
France is approximately 551,500 sq km,
while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making
South Africa 121% larger than France.
Meanwhile, the population of France is ~68.3 million people
(10.8 million fewer people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of
France
vs.
South Africa
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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