Country size comparison
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South Africa is about 60 times bigger than Massachusetts.
Massachusetts is approximately 20,306 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 5,904% larger than Massachusetts. Meanwhile, the population of Massachusetts is ~6.5 million people (51.0 million more people live in South Africa).
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