South Africa is about 48 times bigger than Maryland.

Maryland is approximately 25,314 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 4,716% larger than Maryland. Meanwhile, the population of Maryland is ~5.8 million people (51.7 million more people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of Maryland vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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