Country size comparison
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South Africa is about 187,552 times bigger than Gibraltar.
Gibraltar is approximately 7 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 18,755,131% larger than Gibraltar. Meanwhile, the population of Gibraltar is ~29,573 people (57.5 million more people live in South Africa).
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