Country size comparison
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South Africa is about 1.5 times smaller than Sudan.
Sudan is approximately 1,861,484 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 65.49% the size of Sudan. Meanwhile, the population of Sudan is ~48.0 million people (9.6 million more people live in South Africa).
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