Country size comparison

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Switzerland is about 30 times smaller than South Africa.

South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, making Switzerland 3.39% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (49.0 million fewer people live in Switzerland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Africa vs. Switzerland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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