Country size comparison
compared to
Spain is about 2.4 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km,
while Spain is approximately 505,370 sq km, making
Spain 41.45% the size of South Africa.
Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people
(10.4 million fewer people live in Spain).
This to-scale comparison of
South Africa
vs.
Spain
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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