Country size comparison
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South Africa is about 11 times bigger than Louisiana.
Louisiana is approximately 112,825 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 981% larger than Louisiana. Meanwhile, the population of Louisiana is ~4.5 million people (53.0 million more people live in South Africa).
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