Country size comparison
compared to
South Africa is about 14 times smaller than Russia.
Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km,
while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making
South Africa 7.13% the size of Russia.
Meanwhile, the population of Russia is ~142.0 million people
(84.5 million fewer people live in South Africa).
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This to-scale map shows a size comparison of Russia compared to South Africa. For more details, see an in-depth quality of life comparison of South Africa vs. Russia using our country comparison tool.