South Africa is about 2.7 times bigger than Sweden.

Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 171% larger than Sweden. Meanwhile, the population of Sweden is ~10.5 million people (47.0 million more people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of Sweden vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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