Country size comparison
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South Africa is about 13 times bigger than Indiana.
Indiana is approximately 92,895 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 1,212% larger than Indiana. Meanwhile, the population of Indiana is ~6.5 million people (51.0 million more people live in South Africa).
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