Country size comparison
compared to
South Africa is about 2.3 times bigger than Yemen.
Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, while South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, making South Africa 131% larger than Yemen. Meanwhile, the population of Yemen is ~31.0 million people (26.5 million more people live in South Africa).
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