South Africa is about 1.5 times bigger than Namibia.

Namibia is approximately 824,292 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 48% larger than Namibia. Meanwhile, the population of Namibia is ~2.7 million people (54.8 million more people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of Namibia vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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