Country size comparison
compared to
South Africa is about 1.9 times bigger than Somalia.
Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 91% larger than Somalia. Meanwhile, the population of Somalia is ~12.4 million people (45.1 million more people live in South Africa).
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