Country size comparison
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South Africa is about 11 times bigger than Liberia.
Liberia is approximately 111,369 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 995% larger than Liberia. Meanwhile, the population of Liberia is ~5.4 million people (52.2 million more people live in South Africa).
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