Country size comparison
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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).
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