Country size comparison

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South Africa is about 19 times bigger than Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka is approximately 65,610 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 1,758% larger than Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, the population of Sri Lanka is ~23.2 million people (34.3 million more people live in South Africa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sri Lanka vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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