Country size comparison
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South Africa is about 4.9 times bigger than Oregon.
Oregon is approximately 248,631 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 390% larger than Oregon. Meanwhile, the population of Oregon is ~3.8 million people (53.7 million more people live in South Africa).
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