Country size comparison
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South Africa is about 2.5 times bigger than Turkmenistan.
Turkmenistan is approximately 488,100 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 150% larger than Turkmenistan. Meanwhile, the population of Turkmenistan is ~5.6 million people (51.9 million more people live in South Africa).
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