Country size comparison

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South Africa is about 7 times bigger than Suriname.

Suriname is approximately 163,820 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 644% larger than Suriname. Meanwhile, the population of Suriname is ~632,638 people (56.9 million more people live in South Africa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Suriname vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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