Country size comparison

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South Africa is about 1.3 times bigger than Venezuela.

Venezuela is approximately 912,050 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 34% larger than Venezuela. Meanwhile, the population of Venezuela is ~29.8 million people (27.7 million more people live in South Africa).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Venezuela vs. South Africa uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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