Country size comparison

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South Africa is about 29 times bigger than Netherlands.

Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 2,835% larger than Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (40.1 million more people live in South Africa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Netherlands vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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