Country size comparison
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South Africa is about 6 times bigger than Kansas.
Kansas is approximately 211,900 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 475% larger than Kansas. Meanwhile, the population of Kansas is ~2.9 million people (54.7 million more people live in South Africa).
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