Country size comparison

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South Africa is about 3,858 times bigger than Malta.

Malta is approximately 316 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 385,688% larger than Malta. Meanwhile, the population of Malta is ~464,186 people (57.1 million more people live in South Africa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malta vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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