Country size comparison
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South Africa is about 2.7 times bigger than Uzbekistan.
Uzbekistan is approximately 447,400 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 172% larger than Uzbekistan. Meanwhile, the population of Uzbekistan is ~31.1 million people (26.4 million more people live in South Africa).
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