Country size comparison
compared to
Tanzania is about 1.3 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km,
while Tanzania is approximately 947,300 sq km, making
Tanzania 77.71% the size of South Africa.
Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people
(6.3 million more people live in Tanzania).
This to-scale comparison of
South Africa
vs.
Tanzania
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
Note: Try dragging the outline to reposition.
