Country size comparison
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Tajikistan is about 8 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Tajikistan is approximately 144,100 sq km, making Tajikistan 11.82% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~64.7 million people (54.0 million fewer people live in Tajikistan).
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