Country size comparison
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South Africa is about 11 times bigger than Tennessee.
Tennessee is approximately 106,752 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 1,042% larger than Tennessee. Meanwhile, the population of Tennessee is ~6.3 million people (51.2 million more people live in South Africa).
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