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).
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Moving from South Africa to France · OECD 2023
303 people moved from South Africa to France.
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