Country size comparison
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Timor-Leste is about 82 times smaller than South Africa.
South Africa is approximately 1,219,090 sq km, while Timor-Leste is approximately 14,874 sq km, making Timor-Leste 1.22% the size of South Africa. Meanwhile, the population of South Africa is ~57.5 million people (56.1 million fewer people live in Timor-Leste).
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