Country size comparison
compared to
Texas is about 1.8 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Texas is approximately 678,052 sq km, making Texas 55.62% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (32.4 million fewer people live in Texas).
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