South Africa is about 4.5 times bigger than New Zealand.

New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 353% larger than New Zealand. Meanwhile, the population of New Zealand is ~5.1 million people (52.5 million more people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of New Zealand vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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