Country size comparison

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South Africa is about 17 times bigger than Ireland.

Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 1,635% larger than Ireland. Meanwhile, the population of Ireland is ~5.3 million people (52.2 million more people live in South Africa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ireland vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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