Country size comparison
compared to
South Africa is about 2.7 times smaller than India.
India is approximately 3,287,263 sq km,
while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making
South Africa 37.09% the size of India.
Meanwhile, the population of India is ~1.3 billion people
(1.3 billion fewer people live in South Africa).
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This to-scale map shows a size comparison of India compared to South Africa. For more details, see an in-depth quality of life comparison of South Africa vs. India using our country comparison tool.
