Country size comparison

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South Africa is about 476 times bigger than Moscow.

Moscow is approximately 2,562 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 47,493% larger than Moscow.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Moscow vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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