South Africa is about 1.6 times bigger than Turkey.

Turkey is approximately 783,562 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 56% larger than Turkey. Meanwhile, the population of Turkey is ~83.0 million people (25.5 million fewer people live in South Africa).
This to-scale comparison of Turkey vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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