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).
This to-scale comparison of Iran vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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