Country size comparison
compared to
South Africa is about 1.4 times smaller than Iran.
Iran is approximately 1,648,195 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 73.97% the size of Iran. Meanwhile, the population of Iran is ~86.8 million people (29.2 million fewer people live in South Africa).
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