Country size comparison

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South Africa is about 30 times bigger than Switzerland.

Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 2,853% larger than Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people (49.0 million more people live in South Africa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Switzerland vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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