Country size comparison

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South Africa is about 2.1 times bigger than Kenya.

Kenya is approximately 580,367 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 110% larger than Kenya. Meanwhile, the population of Kenya is ~55.9 million people (1.7 million more people live in South Africa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kenya vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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