Country size comparison
compared to
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).
This to-scale comparison of
Mexico
vs.
South Africa
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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