Country size comparison

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South Africa is about 2.4 times bigger than Spain.

Spain is approximately 505,370 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 141% larger than Spain. Meanwhile, the population of Spain is ~47.2 million people (10.4 million more people live in South Africa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Spain vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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