Country size comparison
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South Africa is about 4.9 times bigger than Michigan.
Michigan is approximately 250,493 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 387% larger than Michigan. Meanwhile, the population of Michigan is ~9.9 million people (47.6 million more people live in South Africa).
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