Country size comparison
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South Africa is about 6 times bigger than Minnesota.
Minnesota is approximately 206,189 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 491% larger than Minnesota. Meanwhile, the population of Minnesota is ~5.3 million people (52.2 million more people live in South Africa).
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