Country size comparison

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South Africa is about 13 times bigger than Portugal.

Portugal is approximately 92,090 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 1,224% larger than Portugal. Meanwhile, the population of Portugal is ~10.2 million people (47.3 million more people live in South Africa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Portugal vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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