Country size comparison
compared to
South Africa is about 10 times bigger than Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km,
while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making
South Africa 950% larger than Pennsylvania.
Meanwhile, the population of Pennsylvania is ~12.7 million people
(44.8 million more people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of
Pennsylvania
vs.
South Africa
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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