Country size comparison
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Taiwan is about 34 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Taiwan is approximately 35,980 sq km, making Taiwan 2.95% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (33.9 million fewer people live in Taiwan).
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