Country size comparison

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South Africa is about 1.8 times bigger than Texas.

Texas is approximately 678,052 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 80% larger than Texas. Meanwhile, the population of Texas is ~25.1 million people (32.4 million more people live in South Africa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Texas vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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