Country size comparison

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South Africa is about 1.6 times smaller than Mexico.

Mexico is approximately 1,964,375 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 62.06% the size of Mexico. Meanwhile, the population of Mexico is ~129.2 million people (71.6 million fewer people live in South Africa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Mexico vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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