Country size comparison
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South Africa is about 68 times bigger than Kuwait.
Kuwait is approximately 17,818 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 6,742% larger than Kuwait. Meanwhile, the population of Kuwait is ~3.1 million people (54.4 million more people live in South Africa).
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