Country size comparison

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South Africa is about 14 times bigger than Jordan.

Jordan is approximately 89,342 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 1,265% larger than Jordan. Meanwhile, the population of Jordan is ~11.0 million people (46.5 million more people live in South Africa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Jordan vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Moving from South Africa to Jordan · UN DESA 2020
57 people born in South Africa live in Jordan.
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