Country size comparison

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South Africa is about 908 times bigger than Phoenix.

Phoenix is approximately 1,342 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 90,721% larger than Phoenix.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Phoenix vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Phoenix is 2.7 times more expensive than South Africa overall
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