South Africa is about 16 times bigger than South Carolina.

South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 1,463% larger than South Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of South Carolina is ~4.6 million people (52.9 million more people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of South Carolina vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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