Country size comparison
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South Africa is about 4,091 times bigger than Maldives.
Maldives is approximately 298 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 408,991% larger than Maldives. Meanwhile, the population of Maldives is ~390,164 people (57.1 million more people live in South Africa).
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