Country size comparison

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South Africa is about 45,659 times bigger than Sydney.

Sydney is approximately 27 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 4,565,780% larger than Sydney.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sydney vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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