Country size comparison

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South Africa is about 776 times bigger than London.

London (including the 32 boroughs of greater London) is approximately 1,572 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 77,450% larger than London.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of London vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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