Country size comparison

compared to

South Africa is about 8 times bigger than Tajikistan.

Tajikistan is approximately 144,100 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 746% larger than Tajikistan. Meanwhile, the population of Tajikistan is ~9.1 million people (48.4 million more people live in South Africa).

Tip: This to-scale comparison of Tajikistan vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.