Country size comparison

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Suriname is about 7 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Suriname is approximately 163,820 sq km, making Suriname 13.44% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (56.9 million fewer people live in Suriname).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Suriname uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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