Country size comparison
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South Africa is about 17 times bigger than Georgia.
Georgia is approximately 69,700 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 1,649% larger than Georgia. Meanwhile, the population of Georgia is ~4.9 million people (52.6 million more people live in South Africa).
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